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Ari from Aotearoa @arinic.bsky.social · 1d

Rana, Youssef, and Sam in Amaan, Jordan. Soon they will be on a flight back to Tamaki Makaurau

#NZPol

A group of people inside a civil building

Second from left is Sam, then Youssef and Rana.

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 1d

Rana, Youssef and Sam are coming home to a heroes welcome

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www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

New Zealanders detained from Gaza flotilla to be deported from Israel

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says they will be deported from Israel to Jordan soon.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 1d

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'Well I think Kiwis are a bit sick of the unions' - the PM's take on possible mega strike.

JFC piss off.

The real reason there's waitlists, suffering continues, and a potential strike THIS BIG is YOUR POLICIES.

"Let's be clear, we care deeply for employees"

Utter and complete hypocrisy.

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🇵🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇬🇷 @ssk85760565.bsky.social · 6d

In other words FLOOD GAZA WITH MORE AND MORE AND MORE BOATS BRINGING AID. AN UNRELENTING, INCESSANT *FLOOD* OF BOATS. DO NOT STOP.

Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 7d

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 6d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDwm...

Global Sumud Flotilla LIVE: Boats sail toward Gaza carrying aid

YouTube video by Associated Press

www.youtube.com

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Allons Flaneur Toitū te Tiriti @allonsflaneur.bsky.social · 6d

Israel has just abducted three citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand. Sign the petition to make our government understand we do not support genocide.

NZ Government Sanction Israel Now

Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...

our.actionstation.org.nz

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 6d

As of 5pm Oct 2, over 200 people from 37 countries have been abducted

According to Israeli spokesperson, the operation continues

While the remaining vessels continue to sail towards Gaza

Despite sea mines, Skunk spray, water cannons, threats, ramming of vessels, blinding lights etc

#NZPol

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 6d

wtaf is wrong with Stuff

I genuinely thought this was an edit until confirmed

Wild that they'd file this story *specifically* under the topic heading, and headlined with Israeli propaganda

outrageous. I don't know who is doing this internally but it's pretty fucking nasty

A screencap of the top story in the "Hamas" topic on the Stuff website

AT the top of the pic a donation button titled "support stuff"

In big purple capital letters: "HAMAS"

A picture of Greta Thunberg from the Sumud Flotilla

The article topic heading: Gaza

The headline: "Greta Thunberg ‘refusing’ bread, after flotilla protesters, including three Kiwis, detained by Israel" (which is Israeli propaganda btw)

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 6d

A short notice protest was called in Ōtautahi Christchurch today when Israel intercepted civilian ships in international waters detaining those aboard, including Aotearoa New Zealand citizens.

Columbia has expelled Israeli diplomats. Aotearoa should do the same

A crowd of people gathers in front of a stone war memorial arch for a protest. Several individuals are holding Palestinian flags, and a large banner with bold black letters is partially visible in the foreground. Some attendees wear backpacks and jackets, and one person is speaking through a megaphone near the arch. The sky is overcast, and a construction crane rises in the background above the trees.

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 8d

From Action Station:
Local organisers have been the heart and soul of every action towards keeping Māori Wards. Here, we hear from Simeon Collier-Foley who speaks about their passion for Māori Wards and why they’re working so hard to keep them! ❤️🖤🤍

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 8d

Daily occurrence in the West Bank

The people supporting these children are local shopkeepers

The outcome of this particular incident is unknown

Palestinian children this age are arrested can be arrested and held indefinitely under military detention without seeing their parents for months

#NZPol

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Ari from Aotearoa @arinic.bsky.social · 7d

What our politicians tolerate happening there they will also tolerate here given the chance

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 8d

Next time you hear any politician say that they support Israel because of shared values, here’s a value they share:

Executing prisoners based on race

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thecradle.co/articles/isr...

Israeli Knesset advances bill to execute Palestinian prisoners

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said the law is necessary to remind Palestinians of the ‘price tag’ for 7 October

thecradle.co

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 8d

Israel is manufacturing consent to attack the Global Sumud Flotilla

They made this laughable post on Twitter

So convenient to have found documents in bombed out Gaza

Please share so that people are aware before our main stream media start to regurgitate this garbage

#NZPol

Israel Foreign Ministry posts on Twitter:

Exposed: Official Hamas documents found in the Gaza Strip - now revealed for the first time - prove Hamas’s direct involvement in the funding and execution of the “Sumud” flotilla to Gaza

Hamas documents that were discovered in the Gaza Strip, are being revealed for the first time, show a direct link between the flotilla leaders and the Hamas terrorist organisation

While Hamas in the Gaza Strip is responsible for what happens inside the Strip, Hamas Abroad is responsible for activity outside the Gaza Strip, with emphasis on the PCPA organisation, which is subordinate to Hamas and serves as a wing of the movement

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Cameron Campbell @camerondotca.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone who repeats this is a fucking idiot and an accessory to whatever Israel does.

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 8d

Israel is manufacturing consent to attack the Global Sumud Flotilla

They made this laughable post on Twitter

So convenient to have found documents in bombed out Gaza

Please share so that people are aware before our main stream media start to regurgitate this garbage

#NZPol

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Ari from Aotearoa @arinic.bsky.social · 7d

This journalist is amazing, they’re so brave standing up for the Palestinians when they’re attacked by settlers and the army

I hadn’t realised that they were actually an Israeli until I saw this video, now I’m even more impressed

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 7d

Not your average Israeli journalist reporting from the West Bank

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Ailsa Pehi @ailsaaotearoa.bsky.social · 14d

This is good. Click the link. See which local candidates support genocide. They're a minority but we can cross them off our lists as choices.

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 14d

PSNA asked all local body candidates two questions to help us determine who to vote for

The Questions and Answers are posted on the PSNA website. It’s being updated as more answers come in

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palestinesolidaritynz.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Local Body - Who to Vote For — PSNA

palestinesolidaritynz.us3.list-manage.com

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Melanie D. @melulater.bsky.social · 20d

🔥🔥PLEASE SHARE.🔥🔥

🚨🚨 MISSING PERSON 🚨🚨

My SIL's cousin is missing. We are very worried. She is dear to me too.

Simran was last seen in Whakatane with her white Shih Tzu dog. Her car was found out of petrol in Pongakawa Bay of Plenty.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20d

The march.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Title: Exodus. Trail of humanity bearing their belongings streams from distant left to foreground right, across wasteland with smoke puffs in the distance. Road sign mid-way pointing in both directions of the human procession: GENOCIDE ; GENOCIDE.

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 21d

New Zealand thinks they know better than the world yet the world says otherwise with speed limits 👇

20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 21d

2 years of default urban/village 20mph in Wales has resulted in over 1,000 fewer killed or injured. The data shows a 25% reduction in casualties on the 20/30mph roads. Drivers gain with damage risk, crashes and premiums down. Well done Wales. bit.ly/4ppl030

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PeteO @pete0.bsky.social · 21d

The NZ experiment of reduced speed limits allowed us to measure the big drop in fatalities (and no impact on productivity)

Unfortunately, we have also chosen to ignore the evidence in favour of populist policies

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 21d

israelpalestinenews.org/top-un-legal...

Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide

The UN’s top investigative body on Palestine and Israel ruled on September 16 that Israel is guilty of the crime of genocide in Gaza.

israelpalestinenews.org

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 21d

News Update on the Sumud Flotilla
from Juice Media

#NZPol

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 21d

This awesome local election poster..

#nzpol

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21d

An IDF tank went up in flames, targeted with explosives

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21d

Hebrew reports of injured soldiers being transferred from the Gaza Strip to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva due to a resistance operation.

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa @psna-otautahi.bsky.social · 22d

Israel has dug several tunnels under Al Aqsa Mosque, one on the pretext that it’s needed for a subway train

Regardless, the tunnels have the potential to undermine the foundations of the Mosque and bring it down. That’s what this photo op is about- bringing down the Mosque to build the third temple

Ari from Aotearoa @arinic.bsky.social · 22d

Quds News Network | A photo shows Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio participating in excavation works in a tunnel beneath the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, yesterday

Sarah and Bibi Netanyahu with Marco Rubio having a photo op in one of the tunnels Israel has dug underneath Al Aqsa Mosque and it’s surrounds

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