Nationwide rallies and protests are taking place again this weekend across the country.
There is a fragile “temporary truce” in place but this is just a pause in Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza.
The focus of the protests is shifting to BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel because of its apartheid policies against Palestinians.
“PSNA will be driving these policies to isolate apartheid Israel just as we helped isolate apartheid South Africa several decades ago” says PSNA National Chair John Minto. “Israel’s regime must be forced to give equal rights to Palestinians just as happened in South Africa”
The three aims of BDS are:
- End Israel’s military occupation of Palestine – the longest military occupation in modern history.
- Force Israel to allow Palestinian refugees to return to their land and homes in Palestine
- End Israel’s apartheid policies against Palestinians – every Palestinian “from the river to the sea” suffers from these well-documented apartheid policies https://www.psna.nz/israeli-apartheid
The deathly silence from the new government, which has yet to issue a single word of criticism of Israel, is unacceptable.
“There is no place for cowardice in the face of genocide”.
“It is the failure of western governments, New Zealand included, to hold Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people that is behind Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza today.”
If New Zealand and other western governments had stood up and been counted earlier the dreadful events of the past six weeks could have been averted.”
The details of the rallies and marches around the country are on our facebook page here but basic details are included below. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064134091562&sk=events
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Whangarei – Vigil
Wednesday 29
7:00:00 pm
Catholic hall, Kensington
Auckland – Rally
Saturday 2 December
2:00 pm
Aotea Square, Queens street
Tauranga – Vigil
Wednesday 29
7:00 pm
Coronation park, Tauranga
Tauranga – Rally and March
Sunday 3 December
2:00 pm
Coronation Park – marching to Hopukiore (Mount Dury)
Hamilton – Rally
Saturday 2 December
1:00 pm
End of Wairere Drive and Naylor Street, Hillcrest, Hamilton
Rotorua – Peace Vigil
Wednesday 29
7:00 pm
Lakefront, Rotorua
Rotorua – Rally
TBA – Check PSNA Facebook events page of details
Hastings – Rally
Sunday 26
2:00 pm
Hastings Clock tower – Heretaunga street, Hastings
All the way through to Christmas
Palmerston North
Saturday 2 December
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Rally
Saturday 2 December
1:00 pm
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth – TBD if raining
Whanganui – Rally
Saturday 2 December
11:00 am
Whanganui City Bridge, Taupō Quay – Walking ‘bridge to bridge’
Wellington
TBA – Check PSNA Facebook events page of details
Nelson – Rally
Saturday 2 December
10:30 am
1903 Square, Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Christchurch – Rally and March
Saturday 2 December
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Timaru – Rally
TBA – Check PSNA Facebook events page of details
Dunedin – Vigil
Wednesday 29
7:00 pm
The Octagon, Princes Street, Dunedin
Queenstown – Vigil
Wednesday 29
9:00 pm
Earnslaw Park, Queenstown
Invercargill – Insights on the situation in Gaza
Wednesday 29
5:30 pm
Invercargill Library, Invercargill
