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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 vicious attack on Al
Aqsa in 24 hours – firing stun grenades and rubber-coated
steel bullets at Palestinian worshippers.
This is a
calculated, brutal and unprovoked attack on Palestinians
worshipping at Al Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam,
during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Countries
across the world – eg the US, Malaysia, Turkey, China,
Canada etc – have condemned the Israeli violence against
Palestinian civilian worshippers.
New Zealand must add
its voice unequivocally on the side of freedom and justice
for Palestinians.
We saw similar violent attacks on
black South African civilians during the 1970s and 1980s
under South African apartheid.
Equal rights for
everyone in historic Palestine, Palestinians and Jews alike,
is the path forward to peace based on
justice.
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