National day of solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine
Saturday September 2nd was declared a national day of solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine who are being brutalised and oppressed by the Israeli military. During the national day of solidarity and during the day before there were 26 Israeli attacks and 42 raids which left 3 Palestinians dead and 19 wounded.
In Auckland on Friday fifteen anti-war protesters made their way to the first-ever shareholders Annual General Meeting of Rakon at the Ellerslie Racecourse. [ Media Release | Report | Petition: End government support for military exports ]
On Saturday, the solidarity demonstration kicked off to a good start with around a hundred and fifty people gathering to watch Ben Swain's dance company perform a hip-hop piece in support of peace and justice followed by a march down Queen Street to the US consulate where US flags were burnt. [ Report | Pictures ]
In Wellington around 100 people marched from Glover Park to Midland Park where speakers from the Green Party (Keith Locke), the Wellington Palestine Group, Aotearoa Jews for Justice and Peace Action Wellington addressed the crowd.
International and Palestinian Direct Action: London: 11 Hour Blockade of Israeli Company Ramallah: Palestinians and internationals picket Kofi Annan Bethleham: Protestors remove fence Bil'in: Palestinian and Israeli activists met with experimental weapons US: Jews in NY, San Francisco, Philadelphia stage coordinated die-ins, lock downs and banner drops Europe: 25 Peace cyclists reach Rome
Start planning now for the 4th International Week Against The Apartheid Wall. (November 9-16)
Above: Demonstrators march down Queen Street in Auckland.
Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington Fundraising Dinner September 22nd, Venue to be confirmed Aotearoa Jews For Justice will be holding a dinner for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. It will raise funds for the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. For more information on progressive Jewish organisations: Israel Indymedia | Gush Shalom | Refuser Solidarity Network | B'Tselem | Ibdaa
Otautahi/Christchurch Teach in September 23rd, venue to be confirmed Teach in and discussion on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict - giving a background to the current crisis and exploring opportunities for peace.
Middle East Crisis: Lebanon: Trauma: High levels of Trauma among survivors. Schools: Schools will open three weeks late Returning Home: Maryam Farhat returns to nothing but memories | At home with unexploded bombs. | Drinking water severly lacking. Cluster Bombs: UN condemns Israel's "immoral" use of cluster bombs | 11 year old killed by cluster bomb Economy: Recession looming. | Blockade hampering trade.
Palestine: Refugees: Palestinians flood to Rafah crossing. | Forced Migration Review: Focus on Palestine Gaza: Children suffer as rich world meets to discuss aid. | Major health crisis Terror: PHRC calls for release of Palestinian hostages | Israeli military abducts Palestinian mayor; CPT visits family. See also: CPT.org Labourstart.org: Palestinian civil servants on strike Home Invasions: Pictures from Hebron Israeli Apartheid: Creating ghettoes in Palestine. Zionist State: Root cause of Mideast conflict
Iraq: 91.7% of Iraqis oppose the presence of coalition troops in the country | How American Incompetence Created a War Without End | Support Iraqi oil workers strike
Afghanistan: Guantanamo's oldest detainee returned to Afghanistan | Doubts about Karzai growing in Afghanistan | Why is Afghanistan in the midst of a bloody war? | Opium production makes new record.
Iran: Putting Words in Ahmadinejad's Mouth | National Public Lecture Tour:The Shocking Truth-Nuclear War with Iran | Iran, its neighbours, and the regional crises
Commentary: Gideon Levy: Gaza's Darkness Raed Jarrar: Raed and the T-shirt. Ilan Pappe: Interview on the Israel-Palestine conflict. | Genocide in Gaza. Amira Hass: Can you really not see?-One Israeli's impassioned call to action against occupation and racism. John Pilger: The return of people power-Charting the rise of popular resistance from Lebanon to Latin America. Noam Chomsky: On the US-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon | Answers questions on everything from Israel to Elvis Hanan Ashrawi: On the Hamas government George Monbiot: Real governments sell weapons-How the UK government is making a killing in the Middle East. Rasha Salti: Seige notes from Beirut Howard Zinn: War is Not a Solution for Terrorism Khaled Amayreh: Hamas and Fatah agree to form "national unity government"
The Iron Wall - Video Documentary: This documentary follows the timeline, size, population of the settlements, and its impact on the peace process. This film also touches on the latest project to make the settlements a permanent fact on the ground; the wall that Israel is building in the West Bank and its impact on the Palestinian people. Click to view
Earlier features on Aotearoa Indymedia
Israel steps up attacks on Gaza - 4th July
Aucklanders march for Palestine and Lebanon - 24th July
Palestine/Lebanon solidarity events in Aotearoa - 28th July
"Stop this War!" - Protests across Aotearoa - 7th August
Pictures from Auckland March
Related
http://www.lebanonsolidarity.org/
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Re: National day of solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine
Rosh Hashanna (and the Aotearoa Jews for Justice fundraiser) is on September 22. venue to be confirmed.
i think the wellington palestine group is also organising a dinner on september 16 to commemorate the anniversary of the sabra and shatila massacres and fundraise for lebanon.
Re: National day of solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine
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Stop Israeli Crimes Against Humanity
As the Lebanese victims of Israeli bombing return to the piles of rubble where their homes once stood, as many as 100,000 Israeli unexploded cluster bombs, most of which were dropped in the last 3 days of the war, continue to claim more victims, mostly women and children.
The Petition summarized below is addressed to the UN General Assembly. If you agree with the petition, please endorse and make it available to everyone on your network to sign.
CASF Campaign Team
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Petition: We Demand an Immediate International Criminal Tribunal for Israel
To: The United Nations General Assembly
Summary
We, the undersigned, demand that The United Nations General Assembly immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI) as a 'subsidiary organ' under U.N. Charter Article 22 to prosecute the Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, Chief of Staff Halutz and Israel's other top generals and war criminals for their infliction of international war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine.
Petition is posted at
www.petitiononline.com/un040806/petition.html
Photos from the Wellington March
Here's a couple of photos from the march in Wellington.