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May 16, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month’s military exercises with Israel and the United States, saying Wellington must not be seen aligning militarily with a state “facing serious allegations of war crimes and genocide before international legal institutions”. In a statement today, ... <a title="Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/palestine-forum-slams-nzdf-share-in-military-exercises-with-genocidal-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
By Charlotte England of Novara Media Israeli soldiers beat and tortured flotilla organisers Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila after abducting them in international waters near Greece in the early hours of Thursday morning, allege lawyers and diplomats. After illegally intercepting 22 boats and kidnapping around 200 activists hundreds of miles from Gaza, Israel transferred the ... <a title="Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/gaza-flotilla-organisers-subjected-to-extreme-brutality-in-illegal-israeli-detention/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
By Jeremy Loffredo of Drop Site News Prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack by the Israeli military in the town of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Her employer, Al-Akhbar, confirmed the death of their correspondent on Wednesday evening. Khalil and Zeinab Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were ... <a title="Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/targeted-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-bombed-and-left-to-die-by-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom of expression. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon While University of Sydney antisemitism adviser Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod works in vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s office as its ... <a title="Antisemitism or anti-Zionism? Sydney Uni pressure to silence Israel, apartheid critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/antisemitism-or-anti-zionism-sydney-uni-pressure-to-silence-israel-apartheid-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Antisemitism or anti-Zionism? Sydney Uni pressure to silence Israel, apartheid critics">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2026
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Michael West Media reports on Australia’s quiet complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown When the bombs fell on Gaza, Australia was quiet. When the hospitals were destroyed, when ... <a title="Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/08/ignoring-genocide-the-bill-for-australias-silence-has-arrived/" aria-label="Read more about Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2026
DOCUMENTARY: Double Down News The Middle East is in flames. Britain is being dragged into an illegal war, the aims of which are entirely unclear, reports Richard Sanders of Double Down News. “It’s a war of choice, and the man who chose it is Benjamin Netanyahu. Why, yet again, is the West dancing to Israel’s ... <a title="Why is the West dancing to Israel’s tune? What’s leading us to disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/28/why-is-the-west-dancing-to-israels-tune-whats-leading-us-to-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the West dancing to Israel’s tune? What’s leading us to disaster">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: An Israeli court has closed an investigation into the death of Walid Ahmad, a 17-year-old from the occupied West Bank who died in an Israeli jail six months after he was arrested, held without charges and accused of throwing ... <a title="‘Torture and genocide’ – UN expert Francesca Albanese denounces Israeli abuse of Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/28/torture-and-genocide-un-expert-francesca-albanese-denounces-israeli-abuse-of-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Torture and genocide’ – UN expert Francesca Albanese denounces Israeli abuse of Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2026
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s human rights watchdog has warned that the country’s pro-Israel foreign policy and diplomatic engagement works against its international obligations and could be enabling “genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity” in Gaza. The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission (FHRADC) released a statement on Tuesday in response to the Fiji government announcing ... <a title="Fiji’s human rights watchdog raises concerns over new Israeli embassy plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/25/fijis-human-rights-watchdog-raises-concerns-over-new-israeli-embassy-plans/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s human rights watchdog raises concerns over new Israeli embassy plans">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
A CAUTIONARY TALE: By Jim Dowling Both my son Franz and I have been arrested, separately, for suspected thought crimes relating to Palestine and Israel. We dared to display in public the words, “from the river to the sea”, using or displaying such words now being illegal in Queensland. I say “thought crimes” because neither ... <a title="‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland tide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/from-the-river-to-the-sea-swimming-against-the-queensland-tide/" aria-label="Read more about ‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland tide">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell When Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, was assassinated in the opening stages of the US-Israeli war against Iran, I didn’t mourn. Khamenei was not someone who deserved to be mourned notwithstanding my contempt for the increasing use of assassination by aggressor nations; in this case the United States and ... <a title="Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/ian-powell-iran-us-imperialism-and-the-new-zealand-lapdog/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The United States and Fiji have filed separate declarations of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging the country is committing genocide in Gaza. While the US explicitly rejects the allegation that Israel is committing genocide, Fiji raises issues about how the 1948 ... <a title="US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/us-fiji-intervene-for-israel-in-south-africas-gaza-genocide-case-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Israel’s war on Iran reveals a deeper crisis: the collapse of a psychological doctrine built on fear and invincibility. The Palestine Chronicle reports. ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s military strategy has long relied on psychological dominance and deterrence built on overwhelming violence. Massacres during the Nakba helped establish fear as a strategic tool to weaken ... <a title="Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now failing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/ramzy-baroud-israels-greatest-weapon-was-fear-and-its-now-failing/" aria-label="Read more about Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now failing">Read more</a>
