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March 16, 2024
By Jessica Corbett The Elders chair Mary Robinson has highlighted the unique leverage that the United States has with Israel and called on the Biden administration to stop giving it military assistance for its assault on the Gaza Strip. Robinson, the former president of Ireland, conducted an on-camera interview with Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís ... <a title="Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/elders-chair-mary-robinson-calls-for-biden-to-stop-arming-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
Democracy Now! Acclaimed journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Democracy Now! to discuss US media coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza and how the war is a genocide being abetted by the United States. Hasan says US media is overwhelmingly pro-Israel and fails to convey the truth to audiences. “Palestinian voices not being on American television ... <a title="Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/mehdi-hasan-on-genocide-in-gaza-and-the-silencing-of-palestinian-voices-in-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office in Auckland today, demanding a stronger stance by the government against the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire. They carried placards, posters and banners declaring “Food not bombs for the tamariki [children] of ... <a title="‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/food-not-bombs-gaza-protesters-picket-mfat-offices-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Indigenous support for Palestine around the world has been overwhelming — and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception, says a leading Māori environmental and human rights advocate. Writing on her Kia Mau – Resisting Colonial Fictions website, Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) says that week after week, tangata whenua have been showing support ... <a title="Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/maori-advocate-tina-ngata-hails-overwhelming-indigenous-support-for-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine">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 13, 2024
Jana Fayyad, a Palestinian activist, had some sharp words about “the silence of Western feminists” at International Women’s Day, asking in her address to the Palestine rally in Sydney last Saturday: “Are you only progressive until Palestine?” No Palestinian speaker had been asked to address the annual protest the previous day and Fayyad did not mince her ... <a title="Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/activist-criticises-western-feminist-silence-on-palestines-brave-women/" aria-label="Read more about Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2024
The War on Gaza will be etched in the memories of generations to come — the brutality of Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, and the ferocity of Israel’s retaliation. In this Four Corners investigative report, The Forever War, broadcast in Australia last night, ABC’s global affairs editor John Lyons asks the tough questions — challenging ... <a title="‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/the-forever-war-abc-four-corners-reports-on-the-assault-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli’s genocidal war on Gaza took today part in a rally in Auckland’s Te Komititanga Square and a march up Queen Street in the business heart of New Zealand’s largest city. This was one of a series of protests across ... <a title="‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/10/not-complicated-over-killing-children-swarbrick-tells-gaza-ceasefire-rally/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2024
Pacific Media Watch About 25 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed the Auckland headquarters of Radio New Zealand today in the second of two demonstrations claiming that media is providing biased coverage of Israeli’s war on Gaza that is now in its fifth month. Last week protesters directed their criticism at Television New Zealand which never reported the ... <a title="Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/09/palestine-supporters-picket-rnz-studios-and-call-for-truth-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on 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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March 7, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A report by a media watchdog has revealed the United Kingdom’s media bias in covering the Hamas attack on October 7 and Israel’s five-month genocidal bombardment and ground assault in response. “Much of the news coverage of 7 October refers to Hamas’s attacks on Southern Israel as ground zero, with guests or ... <a title="Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/media-watchdog-calls-out-biased-uk-reporting-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell, Australian National University In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into whether they have aided or supported Israel’s actions in Gaza. The referral, made by the Sydney law firm Birchgrove Legal on behalf of ... <a title="Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/why-have-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?">Read more</a>
