After six months of meaningless government statements, nationwide protests for Palestine continue this week to demand New Zealand act to stop Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have scaled the heights of hypocrisy with condemnations of Palestinian resistance groups but refuse to condemn Israeli genocidal attacks on Palestinians which have left over 34,000 killed – mostly women and children.
In their latest hypocritical double-somersault, Luxon and Peters have condemned Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel last week but have refused to condemn Israel’s deadly missile attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria two weeks earlier which provoked the Iranian action.
The situation is coming to a head with Israel planning a catastrophic attack on Rafah, continuing to strangle humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza while also preparing to attack Iran.
Protests in more than 20 centres are taking place this week.
In Christchurch for example 50,000 leaflets have been distributed around the city and positive feedback indicates a big turnout.
We expect the mainstream media to report on these protests but stony silence has been the normal reaction.
Details of the protests against the government and its racist anti-Palestinian policies are outlined below and are also on our Facebook event page here
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
North Island
Rawene
Saturday 20 April
10:00 am
Meet outside No 1 Gallery
Opononi – Gathering for Palestine
Sunday 21 April
5:00 pm
Outside the Four Square, Opononi
Kerikeri, Bay of Islands – Rally
First Saturday of the month from now on
Whangarei – Rally
Saturday 20 April
10:00 am
Whangārei Town Basin in front of Hundertwasser Building
Auckland – Farewell to the Doctors heading to the Freedom Flotilla
Thursday 18
10:30 am
In the Departure lounge of Auckland International Airport
Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Saturday 20 April
10:00 am
Dependant on numbers, over the Southern motorway:
Pedestrian motorway overbridge at Mauranui Ave – Dilworth Road
Market Road Overbridge
Omahu Road overbridge
Text Steve on 021 256 511 For further details
Auckland – Rally
Sunday 21 April
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga – Britomart Square
Tauranga – Rally
Saturday 20 April
10:30 am
Assemble in the Woolworths carpark, Bethlehem
Tauranga – Flag waving
Sunday 21 April
11:00 am
Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui
Hamilton – Rally
Saturday 13 April
1:00 pm
Flynn Park, Hamilton
Rotorua – Flags for Todd McClay
Thursday 18 April
4:00 pm
National MP Todd McClays Office – 1301 Amohau St, Rotorua
Napier – Rally
Saturday 20 April
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings – Rally
Sunday 21 April
2:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North – Rally
Sunday 21 April
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge
Friday 19 April
4:30 pm
Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth
New Plymouth – Rally
Saturday 20 April
1:00 pm
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui – Rally
Saturday 20 April
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Carterton
Every Tuesday
12:00 midday
Memorial Square.
Martinborough – Gathering for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough
Featherston
Every Saturday
11:00 am
The Squircle (opposite the op shop).
Wellington
No Rally this weekend
South Island
Nelson – Rally
Check out the Te Tau Ihu Palestine Solidarity Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/TeTIPalestine/
Blenheim
Saturday 20 April
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Christchurch – Rally
Saturday 20 April
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street
Dunedin – Rally
Saturday 20 April
2:00 pm
Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin
Invercargill – Rally
Friday 19 April
5:30 pm
Wachner place Invercargill.
