The horrific predictability of Hamas attacking Israel
I denounce the unprecedented violence Hamas has just launched against Israel. Violence is evil and us at our most failed…
Palestine
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PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua
Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that may come back to bite him as Papua New Guinea prepares for its 48th anniversary of independence this Saturday.
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Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’
More than 2000 people took part in Auckland on Saturday in a demonstration for justice for Palestine and against “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing”.
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Lorde takes a stand
In taking this courageous stand, Lorde follows in the steps of her parents’ generation who stood up against apartheid in South Africa; testing atomic bombs in the South Pacific; New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War; and demanding a nuclear-free New Zealand.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Gaza on my mind
Why not say it as it is! Not an open air prison. It’s a concentration camp, a death camp. Now, today. The 21st century. A death camp for roughly 2 million men, women and children. Don’t forget the children.
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Open letter to the British Government – Leslie Bravery
With regard to the UK Government’s response to the petition UK must apologise for the Balfour Declaration & lead peace…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters and Security Council Resolution 2334
In a Press Release on 12 April, the New Zealand First Leader, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, described as a…
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Why Trump Might be Good for Palestine
Strangely, though, some Palestinians see cause for hope in a Trump Presidency. This might seem counter-intuitive, but there are some real, albeit highly cynical, reasons for believing this optimistic minority might be onto something. Here are three things to think about:
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Challenge the smears – it’s Zionism that’s anti-Semitic
Israel’s supporters are directing spiteful and ridiculous accusations of ‘anti-Semitism’ towards Britain’s Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn
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The Ideal And The Real: The BDS Movement and Palestine’s Future
Peace in Northern Ireland was not negotiated by idealists, but by realists. Peace in Palestine will, likewise, be the achievement of those who begin with the situation as it is, not as it should be, or, as it was.