CoveragePost
February 8, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Speakers contrasted and condemned settler colonialism strategies in Aotearoa New Zealand and Israel’s illegal occupation and genocide in Palestine at a feisty solidarity rally in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau today — a day after Waitangi Day, the national holiday marking the 1840 signing of Te Tititi o Waitangi between 46 chiefs and the ... <a title="Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/08/lessons-in-decolonisation-minto-draws-parallels-between-nz-and-gaza-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 7, 2026
Writing in The Guardian on Thursday, UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Israeli President Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to correct his terrible mistake in inviting him. COMMENTARY: By Chris Sidoti It’s not too late for Anthony Albanese to withdraw the invitation to the ... <a title="Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/07/isaac-herzog-is-accused-of-inciting-genocide-in-gaza-he-shouldnt-be-welcomed-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 30, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Australia’s decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog next month has sparked criticism and a wave of planned protests, as Israel remains under international investigation over its war in Gaza, reports One Path Network. Legal cases are underway at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), examining ... <a title="Australia’s invitation to Herzog sparks protest plans over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/australias-invitation-to-herzog-sparks-protest-plans-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s invitation to Herzog sparks protest plans over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 29, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked Fiji to send troops to join a proposed International Stabilisation Force in Gaza. For a nation proud of its United Nations peacekeeping legacy, this whispers of global recognition. Yet, it ... <a title="Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/pacific-at-risky-crossroads-gaza-vs-the-urgent-drug-crisis-at-our-door/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 29, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephanie Tran Since 2013, more than $400 million in tax-deductible donations have flowed through an Australian charity, including direct to IDF soldiers. United Israel Appeal (UIA) Australia has remitted $376m to Israel via its global partner Keren Hayesod, according to Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) financial disclosures. In 2024 alone, UIA ... <a title="United Israel Appeal – Australian charity channels tax free donations direct to IDF soldiers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/united-israel-appeal-australian-charity-channels-tax-free-donations-direct-to-idf-soldiers/" aria-label="Read more about United Israel Appeal – Australian charity channels tax free donations direct to IDF soldiers">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 25, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex roles linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The rally in Auckland’s Te Komititanga Square was themed “NZ has blood on its hands” and speakers heavily criticised the conduct of Rocket ... <a title="Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/palestine-rally-targets-nz-companies-alleged-link-to-opaque-supply-lines-in-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
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>
CoveragePost
January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2025, a father and son, reportedly linked to the ISIS clerical fascist organisation, committed a murderous attack on innocent participants at a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Fifteen were killed and around 40 seriously injured. There is no way this horrific event can be minimised. It ... <a title="Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/ian-powell-bondi-beachs-murderous-terrorism-aftermath-an-aotearoa-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations as “hate groups”. Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about the new laws, saying their extremely vague wording, lack of procedural fairness and low thresholds for implementation mean groups ... <a title="Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech-laws-are-clearly-aimed-at-pro-palestine-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 21, 2026
By Sarah Hathway in Djilang/Geelong A group of Australian Palestine supporters in the state of Victoria have been attacked as tensions continue over the right to protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza in the wake of the Bondi massacre last month. As Geelong and Victoria Southwest branch members of Independent Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) were ... <a title="Provocateur attacks Australian Palestine peace activists protesting over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/provocateur-attacks-australian-palestine-peace-activists-protesting-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Provocateur attacks Australian Palestine peace activists protesting over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 18, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its” image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning a “shameful” visa programme enabling soldiers to holiday in this country. Leeann Wahanui-Peters branded the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) “more accurately as the Israeli Offence Force (IOF) because it is ... <a title="Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/israel-accused-over-shameful-whitewashing-bid-to-sanitise-soldier-holidays-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
January 17, 2026
Team Zeteo The cost of telling the truth from inside a society that has become “completely genocidal” is very high, says Yuli Novak, executive director of the human rights watchdog B’Tselem. Novak, one of the most uncompromising dissident voices within Israel, speaks frankly in this latest episode of Zeteo’s Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman in ... <a title="Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/israeli-society-has-become-completely-genocidal-says-btselem-head/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head">Read more</a>
