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April 28, 2024
The protest outside the White House correspondents’ dinner hotel. Image: Anatolu video screenshot APR More than two dozen Palestinian journalists had called for a boycott of the dinner, writing an open letter urging their American colleagues not to attend. “You have a unique responsibility to speak truth to power and uphold journalistic integrity,” said the ... <a title="Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll of 142" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/28/biden-hails-press-freedom-democracy-but-ignores-gaza-media-death-toll-of-142/" aria-label="Read more about Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll of 142">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Nour Odeh, a Palestinian political analyst, has told Al Jazeera’s Inside Story that the US is more likely to move in the “right direction” when it comes to Israel if it feels pressure from its allies, reports Al Jazeera. “The more Washington feels pressure from its friends, that its policy on Israel ... <a title="More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’ on Gaza, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/07/more-pressure-from-us-allies-could-see-change-to-untenable-policy-on-gaza-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’ on Gaza, says analyst">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pacific media commentator and Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie has criticised New Zealand media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, describing it as “lopsided” in favour of Tel Aviv. He said New Zealand media was too dependent on American and British news services, which were based in two of the countries ... <a title="APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/apr-editor-criticises-nz-media-coverage-over-the-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to ban Al Jazeera follows a similar pattern of media interference, including the killing of media workers. “We’ve seen this kind of language before from Netanyahu and Israeli officials in which ... <a title="Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/israels-al-jazeera-ban-alarms-media-watchdog-on-free-press-stranglehold/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The United States’ airdrops of aid into Gaza are a textbook case of cognitive dissonance on the part of the US administration — dropping food while continuing to send Israel bombs with which to pulverise Gaza, reports Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post. And, says the media watch programme presenter Richard Gizbert, the ... <a title="‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/who-is-the-superpower-the-us-or-israel-al-jazeera-on-the-absurdity-of-airdrops-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The Israeli army has raided dozens of homes in the West Bank and detained 20 Palestinians, including two women — journalist Bushra al-Taweel and activist Sumood Muteer. Quoting witness accounts, Quds News Network reported that al-Taweel was beaten up by an officer who insulted her before she was arrested. Today is International ... <a title="Israeli army detains female journalist, activist in West Bank raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/israeli-army-detains-female-journalist-activist-in-west-bank-raids/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli army detains female journalist, activist in West Bank raids">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is “nothing short of horrifying” — Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and prevented from working without any possibility of safe refuge, reports he Paris-based global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF has strongly condemned the “eradication of journalism and the right ... <a title="War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/17/war-on-gaza-palestinian-journalism-has-been-decimated-with-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Senator and deputy leader of the Australian Greens party Mehreen Faruqi says the survival of millions of people in Gaza depends on the “live-saving” humanitarian aid provided by UNRWA, and it is “totally irresponsible” to cut funds to the UN agency. “Western countries, like Australia, who have suspended this aid [to UNRWA] ... <a title="Canberra ‘ignores public’ over Gaza war – UNRWA fund cuts ‘irresponsible’, says Senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/01/canberra-ignores-public-over-gaza-war-unrwa-fund-cuts-irresponsible-says-senator/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra ‘ignores public’ over Gaza war – UNRWA fund cuts ‘irresponsible’, says Senator">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, has called the funding cuts to the UN’s Palestinian humanitarian relief agency a “heartless decision” by some of the world’s richest countries “to punish the most vulnerable population on earth because of the alleged crimes of 12 people”. In a post on X, formerly ... <a title="Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/amnesty-chief-calls-unrwa-funding-cuts-heartless-sickening/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for Qatar and gave his first interview there with the Doha-based Al Jazeera global news channel. Azaiza announced on Instagram yesterday that he was leaving the besieged enclave before boarding a ... <a title="Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/photojournalist-motaz-azaiza-evacuates-from-gaza-thank-you-youll-return-to-a-free-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2024
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, assesses Israeli defence submitted at the ICJ over South Africa’s genocide allegations. Image: AJ Pacific Media Watch Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says Israel’s legal team “started off weak” but made a few strong points near the end. Bishara said the lawyers’ efforts at the genocide ... <a title="Israel’s ‘illogical’ legal defence off to weak start, says analyst Bishara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/13/israels-illogical-legal-defence-off-to-weak-start-says-analyst-bishara/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s ‘illogical’ legal defence off to weak start, says analyst Bishara">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Reporting Israel’s war on Gaza has become the greatest credibility challenge for journalists and media of our times. The latest assassination of an Al Jazeera photojournalist yesterday while documenting atrocities has prompted a leading analyst to appeal to global journalists to “take a stand” to protect the ... <a title="Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/journalists-need-to-take-a-stand-over-the-gaza-carnage-after-latest-killings/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists need to ‘take a stand’ over the Gaza carnage after latest killings">Read more</a>
