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July 22, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied West Bank Two young Palestinians were beaten to death on their land by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday. A funeral was held on Sunday for Sayfollah “Saif” Mussalet, 20, and Muhammad Shalabi, 23, who were brutally killed by a large group of settlers in ... <a title="Israeli settlers beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/israeli-settlers-beat-to-death-2-palestinians-in-latest-lynchings/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli settlers beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied West Bank Two young Palestinians were shot and beaten to death on their land, and 30 injured, by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. A large group of settlers attacked the rural Palestinian village of Sinjil, in the Ramallah governorate, beating Sayfollah “Saif” Mussalet, 20, ... <a title="Israeli settlers shoot, beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/israeli-settlers-shoot-beat-to-death-2-palestinians-in-latest-lynchings/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli settlers shoot, beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally glad that Iran was able to hold out against the US-Israeli attacks this month. The ceasefire, however, will only be a pause in the long-running campaign to destabilise, weaken and ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/eugene-doyle-why-asia-pacific-should-be-cheering-for-iran-and-not-us-bomb-based-statecraft/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2025
By Richard Larsen, RNZ News producer — 30′ with Guyon Espiner The former head of Human Rights Watch — and son of a Holocaust survivor — says Israel’s military campaign in Gaza will likely meet the legal definition of genocide, citing large-scale killings, the targeting of civilians, and the words of senior Israeli officials. Speaking ... <a title="The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and standing up for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/the-godfather-of-human-rights-ken-roth-on-genocide-trump-and-standing-up-for-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and standing up for democracy">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem Kia ora koutou, I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across the Palestinian and Israeli territories from on the ground. At least 79 killed and 391 injured by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 24 hours, including 33 killed ... <a title="Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt UN nuclear watchdog cooperation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/iran-accuses-us-over-torpedoed-diplomacy-passes-bill-to-halt-un-nuclear-watchdog-cooperation/" aria-label="Read more about Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt UN nuclear watchdog cooperation">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2025
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s opposition Green Party has called on the government to condemn the United States for its illegal bombing of Iran and inflaming tensions across the Middle East. “The actions of the United States pose a fundamental threat to world peace,” said Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson in a statement. “The rest ... <a title="NZ Greens call on state to condemn US over ‘dangerous’ attack on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/24/nz-greens-call-on-state-to-condemn-us-over-dangerous-attack-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Greens call on state to condemn US over ‘dangerous’ attack on Iran">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Do Israel’s supporters know it’s over for them? Like, they know they’re going to be despised for the rest of their lives, right? That they will never, ever live down the fact that they supported a live-streamed genocide? And that it will ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Israel supporters will be despised for the rest of their lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/22/caitlin-johnstone-israel-supporters-will-be-despised-for-the-rest-of-their-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Israel supporters will be despised for the rest of their lives">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The surprise US-Israeli attack on Iran is literally and figuratively designed to unleash centrifugal forces in the Islamic Republic. Two nuclear powers are currently involved in the bombing of the nuclear facilities of a third state. One of them, the US has — for the moment — limited itself to handling ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/eugene-doyle-how-centrifugal-forces-have-been-unleashed-in-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran">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
Asia Pacific Report The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel’s “unprovoked military strikes” against Iran, killing at least 80 people — 20 of them children, and called on the NZ government to publicly condemn Israeli’s actions. An open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, read out to a Palestine rally in ... <a title="NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’ military strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/nzs-islamic-council-calls-on-luxon-to-condemn-israel-over-unprovoked-military-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’ military strikes">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Journalists have been targeted, detained and tortured by the Israeli military in Gaza — and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has now taken a new approach towards bringing justice these crimes. The Paris-based global media freedom NGO has submitted multiple formal requests to the International Criminal Court (ICC) asking that Palestinian journalists who ... <a title="Radical legal step towards ending impunity for Israel over killing Gaza journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/29/radical-legal-step-towards-ending-impunity-for-israel-over-killing-gaza-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Radical legal step towards ending impunity for Israel over killing Gaza journalists">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
New Zealand has joined 22 other countries and the European Union in calling for Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately. The partners also said Israel must enable the United Nations and humanitarian organisations to work independently and impartially “to save lives, reduce suffering, and maintain dignity.” Israel imposed a blockade ... <a title="NZ joins call for Israel to allow full resumption of aid to Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/nz-joins-call-for-israel-to-allow-full-resumption-of-aid-to-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ joins call for Israel to allow full resumption of aid to Gaza">Read more</a>
