Palestine/Lebanon solidarity events in Aotearoa

For the past 16 days and nights, Israeli air forces have destroyed countless civilian buildings and means of transportation in operations that have killed hundreds of people, mostly civilians, and wrecked havoc on Lebanese cities, harbours, airports and other infrastructure, leading to the displacement of more than half a million people.

:: Events/Actions/Demonstrations around Aotearoa/NZ ::



Auckland

Stop the War!-Mass march and rally. Saturday 2 September, 1pm Aotea Square. Organised by Students for Justice in Palestine, Global Peace and Justice Auckland and the Network for Justice in Palestine and Lebanon.

Demonstration - Every Saturday, 1pm, Aotea Sq.

Solidarity Concert - Saturday, 29th July, doors open 4pm, Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland Girls Grammar School

Forum on Lebanon - Sunday, 30th July, 3pm, Socialist Centre, 86 Princes St, Onehunga



Wellington

Public Meeting - Monday, 31st July, 7.30pm, Crossways Community Centre, Mt Vic

Protest - Friday, 4th August 12.30pm, Cenotaph (Parliament end of Lambton quay)



Nelson

Vigil - Every Friday, 12 noon to 1pm, St Johns in the City Church, Hardy Street



Dunedin
Rally: - Saturday August 19, 1pm, Meet outside the Museum.



Links: IMC Beirut | IMC Israel |
Internation Middle East Media Centre | www.palestine.org.nz

Worldwide Protests Against Israeli Aggression from www.indymedia.org



Tens of thousands throughout the world took to the street on Saturday, July 22nd, to protest against the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon and Palestine. For the past 16 days and nights, Israeli air forces have destroyed countless civilian buildings and means of transportation in operations that have killed hundreds of people, mostly civilians, and wrecked havoc on Lebanese cities, harbours, airports and other infrastructure, leading to the displacement of more than half a million people. The International Day of Action had been called by various anti-war and solidarity campaigns.



In Israel itself, at least 5,000 Jewish and Arab peace activists marched in Tel Aviv against Israel's war crimes. Israeli police arrest 3 anti-war protesters [Israeli bombardment of Lebanon violates humanitarian law].



In Chicago, US, some 3,000 people from the Muslim, Arab and progressive community took part in one of the city's largest protests against Israeli aggression since the beginning of the Second Intifada.



In the UK, up to 30,000 marched through central London. Similar, but smaller, demonstrations took place in other cities up and down the country, including Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.



Other Erupoean cities also saw some big protests: Paris, Amsterdam, Bremen, Warsaw and others. Some 10,000 people had demonstrated in Madrid on July 20th, and so had people in Rome, Athens, Stockholm and Canada [report].



In Oceania, thousands of people turned out at rallies in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, while a gathering in Perth was cancelled by the police. Demonstrations also took place in Auckland and Wellington.



Anti-War groups in Aotearoa/NZ: Peace Action Wellington | Auckland University Students for Justice in Palestine (email) | Global Peace and Justice Auckland | Peace Movement Aotearoa | Nelson Peace Group (email) | Palestine Human Rights Campaign | Wellington Palestine Group (email)