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Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars

May 12, 2026

In a fawning softball 60 Minutes interview released on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of winning “the propaganda war” on social media. This comes as Israel moves to quadruple its propaganda budget to $730 million a year. Major Garrett (which apparently is a real name belonging to a real guy who works for 60 ... <a title="Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/netanyahu-stresses-the-need-for-more-propaganda-as-israels-hasbara-budget-soars/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars">Read more</a>

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Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians

January 23, 2026

ANALYSIS: By Paul Gregoire Australia’s two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice, have all been set in place following two ISIS-fuelled killers murdering ... <a title="Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/federal-governments-crackdown-on-free-speech-affects-all-australians/" aria-label="Read more about Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians">Read more</a>

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Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’

November 7, 2025

SPECIAL REPORT: By Robert Inlakesh Israelis are determined to erase the evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, through the use of paid and instructed propagandists to reshape the historical record. Zionists have also taken over social media platforms. Those who are critical of Israel are being censored or arrested. From YouTube to X, Wikipedia, and ... <a title="Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/censorship-crusade-israel-targets-platforms-and-online-archives-to-rewrite-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’">Read more</a>

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Hedges slams hostile Australian interview, unpacks Press Club and Western media betraying Gaza

October 26, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Pulitzer Prize–winning US journalist Chris Hedges joins Antoinette Lattouf on We Used To Be Journos to unpack his time in Australia, including some fraught interactions with sections of the Australian media. The pair also discuss what he flew all this way to talk about — how Western journalists are betraying their colleagues ... <a title="Hedges slams hostile Australian interview, unpacks Press Club and Western media betraying Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/26/hedges-slams-hostile-australian-interview-unpacks-press-club-and-western-media-betraying-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Hedges slams hostile Australian interview, unpacks Press Club and Western media betraying Gaza">Read more</a>

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Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’

September 2, 2025

Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny. And Aotearoa New Zealand? COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello When the Flores and Velasco articles and posts whitewashing Israel’s genocidal policies in Gaza first came out a few days ago, I was ... <a title="Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/walden-bello-on-gaza-and-the-media-silence-it-isnt-fear-of-the-zionists-it-is-far-worse/" aria-label="Read more about Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’">Read more</a>

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How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide

August 31, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello I am alarmed by reports that Filipino journalists were flown in by the Israeli government to participate in what is essentially a whitewashing campaign for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least two articles, atrocious excuses for journalism, have come out of this trip.One is a piece by Wilson Lee Flores ... <a title="How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/31/how-two-filipino-journalists-took-part-in-israeli-whitewashing-of-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide">Read more</a>