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This lecture “Requiem for Gaza” was delivered to a sold out audience at the University of South Australia in Adelaide after journalist Chris Hedges’ appearance was cancelled by the Australian National Press Club. EDWARD SAID MEMORIAL LECTURE: By Chris Hedges Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s major Palestine advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned Defence Minister Judith Collins for “dog-whistling to her small choir” over Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged Gaza enclave. Claiming that Collins’ open letter attack on teachers at the weekend was an attempt to “drown out Palestine” in ... <a title="PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/psna-slams-nz-defence-minister-collins-over-genocide-dog-whistling/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’">Read more</a>
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we’ve reported, the Gaza ceasefire deal is in effect. Phase one of the US.-backed 20-point plan is underway. Hamas has released all 20 living captives. Israel has released almost 2000 Palestinians in Ramallah and now in Khan Younis ... <a title="Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/israeli-historian-ilan-pappe-despite-ceasefire-palestinians-still-face-elimination-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’">Read more</a>
This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel’s demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism. Jonathan Cook reflects on Israel’s war on Gaza as the fragile ceasefire takes hold. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook Anniversaries are often a cause for celebration. But who could have imagined back ... <a title="Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/genocide-two-years-on-it-is-the-west-not-gaza-that-must-be-deradicalised/" aria-label="Read more about Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised">Read more</a>
New Zealanders deserve to know how the country’s foreign policy is made, writes John Hobbs. ANALYSIS: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains unwilling to support Palestinian statehood recognition at the United Nations General Assembly. This is a disgraceful position which gives support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and seriously undermines our standing. Of ... <a title="John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/john-hobbs-why-new-zealands-repugnant-stance-over-palestine-damages-our-global-standing/" aria-label="Read more about John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing">Read more</a>
Earlier today, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said his cabinet would not decide on whether to formally recognise Palestine as a state for some weeks to come. Luxon’s announcement drew criticism from advocacy groups, labelling his position as weak and cowardly. Luxon claimed the issue was ‘complex’ and New Zealanders should not expect a ... <a title="New Zealand PM Luxon Labelled as Weak and Cowardly After Delaying Decision on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/new-zealand-pm-luxon-labelled-as-weak-and-cowardly-after-delaying-decision-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand PM Luxon Labelled as Weak and Cowardly After Delaying Decision on Palestine">Read more</a>
Reporters Without Borders In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries simultaneously blacked out their front pages and website homepages, and interrupt their broadcasting to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza ... <a title="250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli killing of journalists in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/250-media-black-out-front-pages-and-broadcasts-to-protest-israeli-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about 250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli killing of journalists in Gaza">Read more</a>
RNZ News New Zealand police say planning is well underway ahead of a pro-Palestinian march that will shut the Auckland Harbour bridge later this month. The organisers are expecting thousands to turn out for the “March for Humanity” which is due to be held on September 13. Police told RNZ they were working with partner ... <a title="Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/police-plan-for-march-which-will-shut-auckland-harbour-bridge-this-month/" aria-label="Read more about Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this month">Read more</a>
By Asiye Latife Yilmaz in Istanbul Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has resigned after eight years with Reuters, criticising the news agency’s stance on Gaza as a “betrayal of journalists” and accusing it of “justifying and enabling” the killing of 245 journalists in the Palestinian enclave. “At this point it’s become impossible for me to maintain ... <a title="Photojournalist resigns from Reuters over its ‘betrayal of journalists’ in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/photojournalist-resigns-from-reuters-over-its-betrayal-of-journalists-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist resigns from Reuters over its ‘betrayal of journalists’ in Gaza">Read more</a>
By Pip Hinman and Alex Bainbridge of Green Left More than 200,000 people took the streets across Australia on Saturday in a national day of action demanding that the Labor government sanctions Israel and stops the two-way arms trade. It comes after 300,000 people marched, in driving rain, across Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3 ... <a title="200,000 plus march in Australia to demand Canberra sanctions Israel, ends arms trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/200000-plus-march-in-australia-to-demand-canberra-sanctions-israel-ends-arms-trade/" aria-label="Read more about 200,000 plus march in Australia to demand Canberra sanctions Israel, ends arms trade">Read more</a>
COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames So here we are, 2025, and Israel has finally achieved what no terrorist group, no hostile neighbour, no antisemitic tyrant ever could: it has become the most dangerous country on earth — for its own people. Not because of rockets or boycotts, but because its government has decided that the ... <a title="Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/is-israel-becoming-the-nightmare-prophecy-it-was-meant-to-escape/" aria-label="Read more about Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?">Read more</a>
Pacific Media Watch Three media spokespeople addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, criticising the quality of news reporting about the world’s biggest genocide crisis this century. Speakers at other locations around the country also condemned what they said was biased media coverage. The critics said ... <a title="Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/rallies-across-nz-honour-gaza-strip-journalists-condemn-own-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media">Read more</a>