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April 26, 2026
As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week’s time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom ... <a title="Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/26/israels-diabolical-killing-machine-and-how-it-targets-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists">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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March 30, 2026
In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that all the countries agree on “controlling” the media. Despite differences in their political systems, all three governments follow an approach that prioritises “national morale” and “operational security” over press freedom and the flow of information. This approach redefines the concept of fake ... <a title="How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/how-the-us-israel-and-iran-are-controlling-their-media-narratives/" aria-label="Read more about How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
While the world has focused on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank. Asia-Pacific specialist journalist Ben Bohane reports from Bethlehem for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Ben Bohane We are no more than 5 minutes out of Bethlehem on a crisp December ... <a title="Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/beyond-gaza-israel-pushes-to-occupy-more-of-the-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
While the world has focused on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank. Asia-Pacific specialist journalist Ben Bohane reports from Bethlehem for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Ben Bohane We are no more than 5 minutes out of Bethlehem on a crisp December ... <a title="The West Bank: Israel’s atrocities in clear sight, but out of mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/the-west-bank-israels-atrocities-in-clear-sight-but-out-of-mind/" aria-label="Read more about The West Bank: Israel’s atrocities in clear sight, but out of mind">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Kasun Ubayasiri We are gathered here to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) National Media Section usually campaigns for journalists’ rights and industrial agency in Australia — but today, we join hands with the IFJ — International Federation of Journalists, the ... <a title="Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/making-a-stand-against-the-global-assault-on-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it “regrets” the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to grant the Tel Aviv government 30 days to respond to a petition to allow journalists access to the Gaza Strip following the ceasefire. RSF said in a statement it believes the blockade on ... <a title="RSF expresses ‘regret’ over new Israeli Supreme Court delay on Gaza media access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/rsf-expresses-regret-over-new-israeli-supreme-court-delay-on-gaza-media-access/" aria-label="Read more about RSF expresses ‘regret’ over new Israeli Supreme Court delay on Gaza media access">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The global peak journalism body has condemned the targeting, harassment, and censorship by lobby groups of Australian journalists for reporting critically on Israel’s war on Gaza. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), said in a statement they were attempts to ... <a title="IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/ifj-condemns-australian-lobby-censorship-bids-to-silence-reporting-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one ... <a title="Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/massacre-of-gaza-journalists-triggers-rsfs-black-monday-protest-today/" aria-label="Read more about Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney The grim facts should speak for themselves. Since 7 October 2023, Israel has deliberately killed an unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those brave individuals are smeared as Hamas operatives and terrorists by Israel and its supporters. But the real story behind this, beyond just Western racism and dehumanisation ... <a title="Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/antony-loewenstein-israels-murderous-killing-spree-against-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
The colleagues of these Palestinian journalists in the Western press broadcast from the border fence with Gaza decked out in flak jackets and helmets, where they have as much chance of being hit by shrapnel or a bullet as being struck by an asteroid. They scurry like lemmings to briefings by Israeli officials. They are ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/chris-hedges-the-betrayal-of-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
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>
