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New Zealand Urged To Support The South African Claim Of Israeli Genocide In Gaza At The International Court Of Justice

Wednesday, 3 January 2024, 12:19 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA has written to the Prime Minister urging New Zealand to support the South African case against Israel in the International Court of Justice in the Hague. “In particular we want New Zealand to give active support to the first stage of the ICJ appeal in ... More >>

PSNA asks for assurance New Zealand will not join the US-instigated “Operation Prosperity Guardian” in the Red Sea

Tuesday, 26 December 2023, 5:47 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA has written to Foreign Minister Winston Peters this morning seeking an assurance New Zealand is not taking part in the US-instigated “Operation Prosperity Guardian” in the Rea Sea. The PSNA approach comes after US claims that 20 countries have now ... More >>

A Cowardly, Anti-Palestinian Parliamentary Motion

Friday, 8 December 2023, 9:37 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The parliamentary motion passed today , a full two months after Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians began, says: "Express grave concern at the ongoing violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories, unequivocally condemn ... More >>

Appeal for New Zealand to follow France and call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Monday, 13 November 2023, 12:10 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has written to the outgoing PM Chris Hipkins and incoming PM Christopher Luxon this morning calling for New Zealand to join France and other countries demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Today French President ... More >>

Ceasefire Now! Rallies Throughout NZ This Saturday/Sun To Stop Israel’s Genocidal Rampage Against Palestinian Civilians

Friday, 3 November 2023, 11:31 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

This weekend people from at least 12 centres around the country are rallying to demand our government call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The turnouts have been doubling each week and the number of centres taking action has also grown quickly ... More >>

Prime Minister Calls Out The Killing Of Israelis But Has Been Deathly Quiet On The Killing Of Palestinians

Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 5:58 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. ... More >>

Labour Refuses To Recognise Palestine – Even After 104 Years

Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 6:36 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA supporters are livid Labour is refusing to recognise the state of Palestine a full 104 years after the first Palestinian calls for an independent state. “It’s a disgraceful decision, both unprincipled and cowardly” says PSNA National Chair ... More >>

Jane Campion requests her film be withdrawn from apartheid Israel’s Jerusalem Film Festival

Sunday, 23 July 2023, 6:20 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA congratulates New Zealand’s Academy-Award-winning film director Jane Campion on her request for her debut film “Sweetie” to be withdrawn from apartheid Israel’s Jerusalem Film Festival. The announcement was made by PACBI (Palestinian Campaign ... More >>

Khader Adnan Died On Hunger Strike Protesting His Detention Without Trial

Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 1:09 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Palestinian resistance leader Khader Adnan died after an 87-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison protesting his detention without trial and the arbitrary nature of the allegations against him. Adnan was being held under Israeli “administrative ... More >>

Protest at Israel Ambassador’s secret lunch celebrating 75 years of Israeli independence

Sunday, 30 April 2023, 7:27 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Palestine solidarity supporters in Christchurch picketed the Israeli ambassador’s private lunch today celebrating 75th anniversary of Israel’s declaration of independence. The pro-Israel lobby kept the venue secret to try to avoid protest action and were ... More >>

Pleasure As Doc Edge Abandons Israeli Embassy Sponsorship For 2023 Festival

Friday, 28 April 2023, 11:49 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The Doc Edge Film Festival as abandoned Israeli Embassy sponsorship this year after a furore caused by such sponsorship last year. “We are very pleased to chalk this up as a success”, says John Minto, National Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network ... More >>

New Zealand Must Join International Condemnation Of Israeli Brutality Against Palestinians At Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque

Thursday, 6 April 2023, 5:59 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA is urging the Aotearoa New Zealand government to join international condemnation of Israeli brutality against Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque . The Israeli leadership, keen to deflect attention from its internal crises, has launched a second ... More >>

PSNA Urges An End To Dealings With Cobweb Technologies And Calls Out Government Hypocrisy Over “Christchurch Call”

Thursday, 13 October 2022, 5:16 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA has written to the Minister of Immigration, Michael Wood, urging him to immediately end his ministry’s contract with Cobweb Technologies – an Israeli internet surveillance company implicated in abuses of privacy rights, targeting of journalists, activists, ... More >>

Nationwide Rallies To Protest Israel's Ethnic Cleaning In Masafer Yatta

Saturday, 6 August 2022, 5:45 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA is holding nationwide rallies on Saturday August 6th in solidarity with Palestinians resisting ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta, an area of the South Hebron hills which is home to over 1200 Palestinians living in 20 villages. “Many of these people ... More >>

Government Joining IHRA Is A Weak, Cowardly Decision

Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:50 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The government decision to join International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is a step backwards in the fight against anti-semitism and the struggle for Palestinian human rights The government decision to take on observer status at the International ... More >>

Call To Boycott The Doc Edge Film Festival – Film As Propaganda

Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:18 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The decision by Doc Edge to retain the Israeli embassy as a financial supporter of the Doc Edge Film Festival means Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is calling on film makers and the general public to boycott the festival. “It is untenable ... More >>

Doc Edge Is “Art-washing” Racist Brutality And Apartheid

Monday, 30 May 2022, 11:16 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

We have become aware the 2022 Doc-Edge film festival includes the Israel Embassy of New Zealand as an official “supporter”. It appears this role of “supporter” involves the Israeli embassy sponsoring and funding Israeli film entries in return ... More >>

Aotearoa New Zealand’s Government And Media Must Own Up To Their Part In The Cold-blooded Killing Of Shireen Abu Akleh

Thursday, 12 May 2022, 12:14 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The absolute impunity which the Aotearoa New Zealand government has given to Israel’s racist apartheid regime over many decades and the cowering of the Aotearoa New Zealand media in the face of threats of false smears of anti-semitism from the racist pro-Israel ... More >>

Government Must Pull Out Of Agritech Seminar With Apartheid State

Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 9:19 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

In light of today’s Amnesty International declaration of Israel as an apartheid state, PSNA has renewed our demand for the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta and Minister of Primary Industries Damien O’Connor to pull the government out from ... More >>

PSNA Welcomes Declaration Of Israel As An Apartheid State

Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 8:05 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Amnesty International labels Israel as an apartheid state Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa welcomes Amnesty International’s ground-breaking declaration of Israel as an apartheid state .   Titled “ Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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