Whanganui Tramways Museum
27 Taupo Quay, Whanganui
Saturday 9 March, 2024
11:00PM
Saturday 9 March, 2024
12:00PM
Join the 22nd National day of action for Palestine where the world demands:
* An immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza
* Hands off Rafah
* End the Genocide in Gaza
* End the Apartheid in Palestine
* End the Occupation
* All out for Palestine
Petition to declare Israel Guilty of War Crimes
Israel has announced plans to build thousands of new houses in the occupied West Bank, expanding the country’s settlements in the West Bank, considered by most of the international community to be illegal. An Israeli minister said that most of the new settler homes would be built in Maale Adumim, a settlement where three Palestinian men opened fire on an Israeli checkpoint last week, and made it clear that the new construction was a direct retaliation.
A total of 3,476 new settler homes were announced as part of the plans, with 2,452 in Maale Adumim, 694 in Efrat, and 330 in Kedar. “The enemies try to harm and weaken us but we will continue to build and be built up in this land,” wrote Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on X. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his disappointment with Israel’s expansion plans, reiterating the White House’s position that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal.