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February 15, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Protesters have condemned Indonesia’s plan to take part in the International Stabilisaton Force for Gaza as Israel continues to violate the ceasefire on an almost daily basis. Carrying placards declaring “Break the siege”, “Gaza is not for sale”, “So, when will the Palestinians get to decide their own future” and crosses over ... <a title="Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/indonesian-protesters-slam-prabowo-over-peacekeeping-troops-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Jim Sanday When peace is being designed, Fiji is not invited into the room. When peace needs enforcing, Fiji is asked to send soldiers. That uncomfortable reality is exposed by the emergence of US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza. While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board ... <a title="Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/troops-without-a-seat-the-gaza-board-of-peace-and-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and Fiji">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked Fiji to send troops to join a proposed International Stabilisation Force in Gaza. For a nation proud of its United Nations peacekeeping legacy, this whispers of global recognition. Yet, it ... <a title="Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/pacific-at-risky-crossroads-gaza-vs-the-urgent-drug-crisis-at-our-door/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza imposes a responsibility on all of us to ask the hard questions before the decision is finalised by Cabinet. At the outset, let’s all be clear ... <a title="Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/gaza-peacekeeping-deployment-five-clear-questions-fiji-cannot-ignore/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week “official travel overseas” to visit Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East. Pio Tikoduadua’s supporters say he should “disregard critics” for his commitment to Fijian peacekeepers, which “highlights a profound dedication to duty and ... <a title="Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/fiji-defence-minister-draws-flak-for-six-week-trip-to-meet-peacekeepers/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
RNZ Pacific Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East “are secure and accounted for,” the country’s Defence and Veteran Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua confirmed today. Tikoduadua said Fiji had troops deployed in the Golan Heights under the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNSTO). He said they remained safe amid the ... <a title="Syria crisis: Fijian peacekeepers ‘secure and accounted for’ amid tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/syria-crisis-fijian-peacekeepers-secure-and-accounted-for-amid-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about Syria crisis: Fijian peacekeepers ‘secure and accounted for’ amid tensions">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described as involving two competing narratives: one, about a displaced Palestinian people denied their right to self-determination, and the other, about the Jewish people who, having established an independent state in ... <a title="Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/fijis-position-over-israeli-war-on-gaza-international-blunder-or-a-domestic-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2024
RNZ Pacific Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the country’s intervention at the International Court of Justice over Israel’s occupation of Palestine betrays Fiji’s legacy as peacekeepers. Paul Reichler, an attorney representing Palestine at the ICJ revealed this week that Fiji and the United States were the only nations to defend Israel’s occupation of ... <a title="Bainimarama slams Fiji’s support for Israeli occupation of Palestine as ‘disturbing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/22/bainimarama-slams-fijis-support-for-israeli-occupation-of-palestine-as-disturbing/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama slams Fiji’s support for Israeli occupation of Palestine as ‘disturbing’">Read more</a>
