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Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

April 11, 2026

To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank cheque to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest of the world to force Israel to live within its internationally recognised borders of June 4, 1967. Common Dreams reports. ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares A two-week ceasefire ... <a title="Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/11/ending-israels-war-on-peace-irans-10-point-proposal-is-serious/" aria-label="Read more about Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious">Read more</a>

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Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time

April 10, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilisation” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official said the shipping channel would be reopened for two weeks if the United States stopped bombing Iran. The US has now stopped bombing Iran. So we’re back ... <a title="Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/robert-reich-lessons-on-how-to-defeat-donald-trump-every-time/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time">Read more</a>

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What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

April 9, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended — just ten hours later — with the announcement of a 14-day ceasefire, on Iran’s terms. Even by the volatile standards of Trump’s presidency, the whiplash is extraordinary. What, then, have the two sides actually agreed ... <a title="What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/what-on-earth-just-happened-trump-iran-and-the-unlikely-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire">Read more</a>

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How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit the dust

April 9, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Yanis Varoufakis Having launched an illegal, destructive war that brutally struck the entire planet’s economy (and confirmed once again Europe’s combination of irrelevance and hypocrisy), and after threatening Iran with genocide and “civilisational annihilation,” President Trump ultimately backed down on everything. Like a Roman Emperor during the Empire’s declining years would declare victory ... <a title="How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit the dust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/how-trumps-white-house-demands-as-prerequisites-for-stopping-bombings-bit-the-dust/" aria-label="Read more about How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit the dust">Read more</a>

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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

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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‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink

April 8, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, of Sh’ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices Vietnam survived Nixon’s madman theory and the world survived the era of mutually assured destruction. Now we face the moment of two super-empowered shitheads. There is nothing nicer to call them. Who will stop two self-obsessed, very old men, already dedicated to tearing down ... <a title="‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/08/someone-everyone-stop-them-and-now-trump-has-pulled-back-from-the-brink/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink">Read more</a>

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Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?

April 7, 2026

OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters Minister, You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time of real global tension. Moments like this define countries. My great-grandfather fought fascism. In 1935, when fascist Italy invaded my country of birth, Ethiopia, then Abyssinia, Emperor Haile Selassie ... <a title="Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/open-letter-to-peters-we-fought-fascism-why-are-we-silent-now/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?">Read more</a>

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This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war

April 7, 2026

The Murdoch press runs cover for an illegal war by blaming the wrong man entirely, instead of informing the public of facts. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown Here is a reliable indicator that you are being managed rather than informed. When the story gets complicated, when the real cause of your pain ... <a title="This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/this-isnt-journalism-australias-bowen-beat-up-and-the-iran-war/" aria-label="Read more about This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war">Read more</a>

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Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We will

April 5, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle In the coming years, if Iran survives as a sovereign state and retains control over the Strait of Hormuz, countries like Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South Korea and Japan will be made to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in reparations for the US-Israeli war on Iran. For this to ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/eugene-doyle-who-will-pay-billions-in-reparations-to-iran-we-will/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We will">Read more</a>

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President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

April 3, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist — in the face of all evidence to the contrary — that you “won” the 2020 election. But it’s another thing for you to pretend — in the face of mounting deaths and injuries, ballooning expenses, and rising ... <a title="President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/president-trump-dont-listen-to-your-sycophants-on-iran-this-isnt-reality-tv/" aria-label="Read more about President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV">Read more</a>

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The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New Zealand Grass Fed’ claim is misleading and deceptive

April 2, 2026

By Russel Norman One day in October 2023 I was walking down the supermarket aisle when I saw greenwashing in plain sight. Fonterra’s Anchor butter was sitting in the chiller with a prominent claim on the packaging that it was Grass Fed. I knew that Fonterra cows were fed on millions of tonnes of palm ... <a title="The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New Zealand Grass Fed’ claim is misleading and deceptive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/the-supermarket-trip-that-led-to-fonterra-admitting-its-100-new-zealand-grass-fed-claim-is-misleading-and-deceptive/" aria-label="Read more about The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New Zealand Grass Fed’ claim is misleading and deceptive">Read more</a>

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How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance

April 1, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Audrey van Ryn Museums around the world present the story of war in different ways. The Imperial War Museum in London includes military history, the Holocaust, women’s roles in the two world wars, wartime artwork and the political issues of the time. This museum records both civilian and military experiences, looking at the ... <a title="How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/01/how-museums-can-remember-war-while-honouring-civilian-trauma-and-resistance/" aria-label="Read more about How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance">Read more</a>