Auckland Major Mobilisation Against the Invasion of Gaza: this Saturday!

Submitted by GPJA/Palestine Human Rights Campaign (not verified) on 5 January 2009 - 9:25am
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GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND
Private Bag 68905, Newton, Auckland. www.gpja.pl.net
4 January 2009

Mobilisation planned to protest attacks on Gaza

Global Peace and Justice Auckland and the Palestine Human Rights Campaign are planning a major mobilisation to protest the latest Israeli outrages against Palestinians living in the Gaza strip.

The protest will gather at 12 noon, Aotea Square, Auckland on Saturday 10th January.

We have received numerous calls asking what actions are planned for Aucklanders to register their outrage at Israel’s actions. Saturday’s mobilisation gives that opportunity.

(An organising meeting for the mobilisation and to plan immediate steps in the campaign to boycott Israel will be held at 6pm on Tuesday 6th January at the Unite Union Office at 6A Western Springs Road, Auckland)

Meanwhile like most New Zealanders we find the government’s failure to condemn the Israeli massacre an outrage. The utterances of Foreign Minister Murray McCully are obsequious and embarrassing. His fawning to the US position will be welcomed in Israel but will be condemned around the rest of the world. He is putting New Zealand well out of step with the United Nations.

United Nations General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto called the launching of the ground offensive in Gaza "a monstrosity" in an accurate reflection of international opinion. McCully on the other hand has yet to issue a single word of criticism.

Mike Treen – (09) 8452132 or 0295254744
John Minto – (09) 8463173(H) or (09) 8469496(W)
For the GPJA Committee

Janfrie Wakim – 09 5200201 or 027 629 1004
For the Palestine Human Rights Campaign

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Re: Auckland Major Mobilisation Against the Invasion of Gaza: th

Submitted by Anonymous on 6 January 2009 - 4:10pm.

"Meanwhile like most New Zealanders we find the government’s failure to condemn the Israeli massacre an outrage."

One of the perhaps unmentioned subconscious reasons behind this is that the NZ Government also used acts of terrorism against Maori in establishing the Dominion of New Zealand in what is now sugar coatingly called the New Zealand Land Wars, while accusing Maori of such acts themselves - hence the 1860's suppression of rebellion act which is just a reworded version of today's suppression of terrorism act.

See the bombing of villages along the Waikato during the Meremere invasion, and the burning of villages during one of the Urewera invasions.