The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) issues this urgent and desperate call: Gaza is starving, and we must act now.
Hospitals and emergency clinics in Gaza are overwhelmed. Unprecedented numbers of Palestinians — children, women, and the elderly — are collapsing from hunger and exhaustion. Medical professionals warn that hundreds face imminent death, their bodies unable to survive the severe famine conditions created by Israel’s ongoing siege and deliberate starvation tactics.
This is not a natural disaster. This is the result of a man-made blockade, a deliberate policy of collective punishment — and it constitutes a grave violation of international law.
This is a last-minute call.
PSNA calls on:
- The New Zealand Government to immediately condemn Israel’s weaponisation of starvation and demand an end to the siege, a permanent ceasefire, and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza.
- All political parties and elected officials to break their silence and act with urgency to prevent further loss of life.
- The people of Aotearoa to stand up and speak out. Protest. Write. Donate. Mobilise.
- The media to stop turning away, to report on the famine and the mass suffering of civilians in Gaza with the urgency and humanity it demands.
As New Zealanders, we have a proud tradition of standing against injustice and apartheid. Now is the time to uphold that legacy, not with words, but with action.
Gaza is starving. We cannot delay. We must not look away.
Maher Nazzal
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
