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March 6, 2024
By Alex Bainbridge, Peter Boyle, Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Jordan Ellis, Alex Salmon, Stephen W Enciso and Khaled Ghannam of Green Left Thousands marched for Palestine across Australia at the weekend in the wake of Israel’s massacre of more than 100 starving Palestinians who were trying to get flour from an aid truck southwest of ... <a title="Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/protests-demand-unrwa-funding-restored-as-israel-starves-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure the unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a last-ditch attempt to prevent imminent, says DAWN. If the UNSC is blocked by a US veto or fails to reach consensus, ... <a title="DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dawn-calls-on-un-to-set-up-global-protection-force-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie New Zealand has taken another shameful act in its tone deaf approach to Israel’s War on Gaza this week by declaring Hamas a “terrorist entity” at a time when millions are marching worldwide for an immediate ceasefire and a lasting peace founded on an independent state of Palestine. It would have ... <a title="NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/nzs-shameful-act-over-hamas-in-defiance-of-gaza-atrocities-reality/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand news media came under fire at today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli “bias” and “propaganda”. About 500 protesters waved Palestinian flags and many placards declaring “If you’re not heartbroken and furious, you’re ... <a title="NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/nz-news-media-under-fire-for-bias-propaganda-in-gaza-coverage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to Gaza to break Israel’s siege of the bombarded Palestinian enclave. Speaking at a huge public rally in Istanbul last week, Yildirim said: “The time for talking is over. We will ... <a title="‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/time-for-talking-is-over-turkish-plan-to-break-gaza-siege-as-jordan-airlifts-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon abruptly left the Big Gay Out festival in Auckland’s Point Chevalier today after being confronted by Gaza protesters. The annual Pride event is being held today in Coyle Park as a celebration for Rainbow communities and their allies. At a media standup this morning, Luxon said he ... <a title="PM Luxon leaves Big Gay Out abruptly after heated Gaza war protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/pm-luxon-leaves-big-gay-out-abruptly-after-heated-gaza-war-protest/" aria-label="Read more about PM Luxon leaves Big Gay Out abruptly after heated Gaza war protest">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 17, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has accused Indonesia of new human rights atrocities this week while the republic has apparently elected a new president with a past record of violations in Timor-Leste and West Papua. Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election on Wednesday after unofficial vote ... <a title="Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/17/wenda-accuses-indonesia-of-more-human-rights-atrocities-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog Winston Peters says Israel’s actions getting ‘out of hand’ ahead of planned Rafah offensive Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has joined with the leaders of Australia and Canada to express grave concern about Israel’s planned ground offensive into the southern Gazan city of Rafah. It’s the ... <a title="NZ’s weak criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime too little too late" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/nzs-weak-criticism-of-israels-ethnic-cleansing-war-crime-too-little-too-late/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s weak criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime too little too late">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has announced in Istanbul a plan to sail again to challenge Israel’s unlawful and deadly siege of Gaza, reports the aid group Kia Ora Gaza. In the coming weeks, a flotilla will put to sea carrying thousands of tonnes of urgently needed humanitarian aid that will be ... <a title="Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the siege of Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/freedom-flotilla-on-the-move-again-hopes-to-break-the-siege-of-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the siege of Gaza">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Pacific protesters were prominent in the 17th week of Aotearoa New Zealand solidarity demonstrations for Palestine and a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today. Flags of Fiji, Tonga and West Papua were featured alongside the sea of Palestinian banners and at least one group declared themselves as “Tongans ... <a title="Pacific protesters feature in NZ rally against Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/pacific-protesters-feature-in-nz-rally-against-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters feature in NZ rally against Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Pacific protesters were prominent in the 17th week of Aotearoa New Zealand solidarity demonstrations for Palestine and a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today. Flags of Fiji, Tonga and West Papua were featured alongside the sea of Palestinian banners and at least one group declared themselves as “Tongans ... <a title="Pacific protesters feature in NZ demo against Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/04/pacific-protesters-feature-in-nz-demo-against-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters feature in NZ demo against Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
