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May 19, 2025
Pacific Media Watch American film star celebrity John Cusack, who describes himself on his x-page bio as an “apocalyptic shit-disturber”, has posted an open letter to the world denouncing the Israeli “mass murder” in Gaza and calling for “your outrage”. While warning the public to “don’t stop talking about Palestine/Gaza”, he says that the “hollow ... <a title="Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/open-letter-from-john-cusack-the-children-of-gaza-need-your-outrage-end-the-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – As Israel unveils its final genocide push, and mass death from starvation looms in Gaza, Western media and politicians are tentatively starting to speak up ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook Who could have imagined 19 months ago that it would take more than a year and a ... <a title="Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/18/why-the-wall-of-silence-on-the-gaza-genocide-is-finally-starting-to-crack/" aria-label="Read more about Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls as they demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli atrocities in its brutal war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. For more than 73 days, Israel ... <a title="‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/18/cracks-are-opening-up-in-western-complicity-over-gaza-genocide-says-minto/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England in Christchurch “RNZ is failing in its duty to inform the public of an entirely preventable humanitarian catastrophe.” Tautoko to Jeremy Rose, Ramon Das and Eugene Doyle for this critique of a review of RNZ’s coverage of a genocide. Sadly, this highlights RNZ’s failure to report the genocide from the perspective ... <a title="Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/time-for-nz-media-to-ditch-the-propaganda-and-stand-against-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against genocide">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The IDF has admitted to bombing a hospital in order to assassinate a prominent Palestinian journalist in Gaza, Hassan Aslih, explicitly stating that they assassinated him for engaging in journalistic activities. The official Israel Defense Forces account made the following post on ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Israel admits it bombed a hospital to kill a journalist for doing journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/14/caitlin-johnstone-israel-admits-it-bombed-a-hospital-to-kill-a-journalist-for-doing-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Israel admits it bombed a hospital to kill a journalist for doing journalism">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news media, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. The authority ruled that a TVNZ news item on violence in Amsterdam in the Netherlands breached BSA rules. 1News described violence in the ... <a title="PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/psna-says-broadcast-ruling-a-warning-to-nz-news-media-to-be-wary-of-israeli-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a “Declaration on Palestine” against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of Palestinians by Israel that has illegally occupied their indigenous lands for more than seven decades. The document, which had already drawn more than 300 signatures from staff, students and alumni ... <a title="Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/otago-academics-plan-declaration-on-palestine-to-face-daily-horrors/" aria-label="Read more about Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an eventual regional war is the ousting of the Israeli prime minister. US President Donald Trump has closed his line of communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to various ... <a title="‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back on Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/cutting-off-communications-did-trump-really-just-turn-his-back-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back on Israel?">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed ... <a title="Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/who-killed-shireen-abu-akleh-film-names-israeli-soldier-but-biden-israel-did-best-to-cover-up/" aria-label="Read more about Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2025
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed 214 Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the ... <a title="Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/10/who-killed-shireen-abu-akleh-film-names-israeli-soldier-but-israel-did-best-to-cover-up/" aria-label="Read more about Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The New Zealand Māori Council and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa made a high profile appeal to Foreign Minister Winston Peters over Gaza today, calling for urgent action over humanitarian supplies for the besieged Palestinian enclave. “Starving a civilian population is a clear breach of international humanitarian law and a war crime under ... <a title="NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/nz-maori-council-psna-appeal-for-urgent-action-over-gaza-starvation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
EDITORIAL: The Financial Times editorial board After 19 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawn accusations of war crimes against Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is once more preparing to escalate Israel’s offensive in Gaza. The latest plan puts Israel on course for full occupation of the Palestinian territory and would ... <a title="Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/financial-times-the-wests-shameful-silence-on-gaza-do-more-to-restrain-benjamin-netanyahu/" aria-label="Read more about Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu">Read more</a>
