PSNA STATEMENT: Nationwide rallies, marches and vigils this weekend in solidarity with Palestine while New Zealand becomes a vassal state to the US under Winston Peters and Christopher Luxon
After 83 days of a “textbook case of genocide” neither Foreign Minister Winston Peters nor Prime Minister Christopher Luxon can bring themselves to condemn Israel’s wholesale slaughter of Palestinians.
“Mr Peters and Mr Luxon have given the greenlight to Israel to continue its indiscriminate, wanton killing of Palestinians.” says PSNA National Chair John Minto.
Within a week of the October 7th attack on Israel, the US State Department sent out a memo saying to its allies –
“…high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.” ( Ref. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-internal-emails-gaza-israel_n_65296395e4b0a304ff6ff95d?ykm )
The New Zealand government got the memo and has faithfully followed it for 83 days.
We have become a vassal state of the US, refusing to condemn Israeli war crimes or even call for the end to the violence/bloodshed.
The poster for the Christchurch rally and march
But New Zealanders will be out across the country again this week in rallies, marches and vigils to call out Israel and the US for their genocide of Palestinians and to call for BDS (Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions) against the apartheid state of Israel.
Details of the events are on our Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064134091562&sk=events
