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June 17, 2025
Israeli media report that Iranian missile strikes on Haifa oil refinery yesterday killed 3 people and closed down the installation. The Israeli death toll has risen to 24, with 400 injured and more than 2700 people displaced. Israeli authorities report 370 missiles fired by Iran in total, 30 reaching their targets. Iranian military report they ... <a title="As Israeli attacks draw tit-for-tat missile responses from Iran and shuts Haifa refinery, Gaza genocide continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/as-israeli-attacks-draw-tit-for-tat-missile-responses-from-iran-and-shuts-haifa-refinery-gaza-genocide-continues/" aria-label="Read more about As Israeli attacks draw tit-for-tat missile responses from Iran and shuts Haifa refinery, Gaza genocide continues">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but that Israeli support for the war may wane if the destruction continues. “I think it’s going to continue escalating because we are just in the first days of the war ... <a title="Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/israelis-now-realise-what-palestinians-and-lebanese-have-been-suffering-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein War is good for business and geopolitical posturing. Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in early February for his first visit to the US following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, he issued a bold statement on the strategic position of Israel. “The decisions we made in the war [since ... <a title="Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/why-israels-shock-and-awe-has-proven-its-power-but-lost-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost the war">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Iran and Israel are at war, with the US already intimately involved and likely to become more so. Which of course means we’ll be spending the foreseeable future getting bashed in the face with lies from the most powerful people in the ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: We are, of course, being lied to about Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/caitlin-johnstone-we-are-of-course-being-lied-to-about-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: We are, of course, being lied to about Iran">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo Unlike the Palestinian message, the Israeli message is not global, but very much a localised cry for help — get us out of Gaza. This is not your typical video. The event itself might be similar to numerous other events in Gaza — a fighter emerging from a tunnel, ... <a title="A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed its own failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/a-video-like-no-other-why-the-israeli-military-revealed-its-own-failure/" aria-label="Read more about A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed its own failure">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over its genocide and starvation strategy in Gaza, saying that NZ should implement comprehensive sanctions and recognise Palestine. Speaking at a rally in Henderson organised by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa ... <a title="Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/14/twyford-condemns-weak-action-by-nz-over-israels-ruthless-apartheid/" aria-label="Read more about Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle I have visited Iran twice. Once in June 1980 to witness an unprecedented event: the world’s first Islamic Revolution. It was the very start of my writing career. The second time was in 2018 and part of my interest was to get a sense of how disenchanted the population was — ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/14/eugene-doyle-team-genocide-and-the-wests-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye If you imagined Western politicians and media were finally showing signs of waking up to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, think again. Even the decision this week by several Western states, led by the UK, to ban the entry of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, two far-right ... <a title="Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they have no shame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/13/greta-thunberg-tried-to-shame-western-leaders-and-found-they-have-no-shame/" aria-label="Read more about Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they have no shame">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The genocide is almost complete. When it is concluded it will have exposed the moral bankruptcy of Western civilisation, writes Chris Hedges. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges This is the end. The final blood-soaked chapter of the genocide. It will be over soon. Weeks. At most. Two ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The last days of Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/13/chris-hedges-the-last-days-of-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The last days of Gaza">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Well it looks like the US is on the precipice of war with Iran again. US officials are telling the press that they anticipate a potential impending Israeli attack on Iran while the family members of US military personnel are being assisted ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Staring down the barrel of war with Iran once again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/caitlin-johnstone-staring-down-the-barrel-of-war-with-iran-once-again/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Staring down the barrel of war with Iran once again">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand’s government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Foreign Minister Winston Peters overnight revealed New Zealand had joined Australia, Canada, the UK and Norway in imposing travel bans on Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar ... <a title="New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say opposition parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/new-zealands-symbolic-sanctions-on-israel-too-little-too-late-say-opposition-parties/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say opposition parties">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan, editor of Against The Current The New Zealand Foreign Minster’s decision to issue a travel ban against two Israeli far-right politicians is little more than a tokenistic gesture in opposing Israel’s actions. It is an attempt to appease growing opposition to Israel’s war, but the fact that Israel has killed more ... <a title="NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/nz-and-gaza-peters-appearing-to-do-something-when-doing-nothing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing">Read more</a>
