Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs

Guest writers

Nadia Abu-Shanab is a teacher, unionist, Palestine activist based in Wellington. Justine Sachs is a Jewish freelance writer, activist and grad student living in Auckland. She co-founded Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation in 2015.

A relative of Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Taima, who was killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, mourns during his funeral in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2018. Photo: SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab respond to the Israeli court ruling on their open letter to Lorde

An Israeli court has ordered Jewish New Zealander Justine Sachs and Palestinian New Zealander Nadia Abu-Shanab to pay thousands after Lorde cancelled a Tel Aviv concert

By Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs | 12th October, 2018

Lorde performs at the iHeartRadio Beach Ball on September 3, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo: Andrew Chin/Getty Images)

Dear Lorde, here’s why we’re urging you not to play Israel

Opinion: Lorde has announced a concert in Tel Aviv for June. Jewish New Zealander Justine Sachs and Palestinian New Zealander Nadia Abu-Shanab make the case for her to reconsider.

By Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs | 21st December, 2017