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February 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its “genocide hotline” campaign against soldiers involved in Israel’s war against Gaza, saying New Zealand should be actively following international law. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) dismissed a “predictable lineup of apologists for Israel” for their criticisms of the PSNA ... <a title="PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldiers entry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/09/psnas-minto-hits-back-at-gaza-genocide-hotline-critics-insists-nz-should-deny-israeli-soldiers-entry/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldiers entry">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2025
Why has any discussion about Israel, its violations of international law, and the international legal expectations for third party states to hold IDF soldiers accountable not been addressed in Aotearoa New Zealand? ANALYSIS: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa national chair John Minto’s campaign to identify Israeli Defence Force (IDF) soldiers in New Zealand ... <a title="Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/02/moral-bankruptcy-israels-genocide-and-the-betrayal-of-the-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2025
Asia Pacific Report One of the key early leaders of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the “heroic” resilience and sacrifice of the people of Gaza in the face of Israel’s ruthless attempt to destroy the besieged enclave of more than 2 million people. Speaking at the first solidarity rally ... <a title="NZ Palestinian network advocate Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/01/nz-palestinian-network-advocate-janfrie-wakim-praises-heroic-gaza-calls-for-more-action/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestinian network advocate Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its “genocide hotline” campaign against soldiers involved in Israel’s war against Gaza, saying New Zealand should be actively following international law. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) dismissed a “predictable lineup of apologists for Israel” for their criticisms of the PSNA ... <a title="PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/psnas-minto-hits-back-at-gaza-genocide-hotline-critics-insists-nz-should-deny-israeli-soldier-visas/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A co-founder of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the “heroic” resilience and sacrifice of the people of Gaza in the face of Israel’s ruthless attempt to destroy the besieged enclave of more than 2 million people. Speaking at the first solidarity rally in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau ... <a title="NZ Palestinian network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/26/nz-palestinian-network-co-founder-janfrie-wakim-praises-heroic-gaza-calls-for-more-action/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestinian network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2025
LETTER: By John Minto With the temporary ceasefire agreement, we should take our hats off to the Palestinian people of Gaza who have withstood a total military onslaught from Israel but without surrendering or shifting from their land. Over 15 months Israel has dropped well over 70,000 tonnes of bombs on this tiny 360 sq ... <a title="John Minto: A triumph of the human spirit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/19/john-minto-a-triumph-of-the-human-spirit/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A triumph of the human spirit">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 200 demonstrators gathered in the heart of New Zealand’s biggest city Auckland today to welcome the Gaza ceasefire due to come into force tomorrow, but warned they would continue to protest until justice is served with an independent and free Palestinan state. Jubilant scenes of dancing and Palestinian folk music rang ... <a title="Gaza genocide protesters welcome ceasefire but will fight on for justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/19/gaza-genocide-protesters-welcome-ceasefire-but-will-fight-on-for-justice/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza genocide protesters welcome ceasefire but will fight on for justice">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend ties with Israel in an act of solidarity with the more than “1000 colleagues of yours” killed in Gaza over the past 14 months. Countless more Palestinian medical workers “were ... <a title="‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital protest vigil over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/suspend-israel-ties-plea-to-global-medical-professionals-auckland-hospital-protest-vigil-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital protest vigil over Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
By John Minto Published in the Christchurch Star newspaper yesterday — this was the advert rejected last week by Stuff, New Zealand’s major news website, by an editorial management which apparently thinks pro-Israel sympathies are more important than the industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon. Stuff told the Palestinian Solidarity Movement Aotearoa (PSNA) ... <a title="Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/published-by-the-star-the-genocide-advert-that-stuff-didnt-want-you-to-see/" aria-label="Read more about Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestinian protesters today condemned Google for sacking protesting staff and demanded that the New Zealand government immediately “cut ties with Israeli genocide”. Wearing Google logo masks and holding placards saying “Google complicit in genocide” and “Google drop Project Nimbus”, the protesters were targeting the global tech company for sacking more than two ... <a title="Palestine protesters condemn Google, demand NZ action over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/27/palestine-protesters-condemn-google-demand-nz-action-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters condemn Google, demand NZ action over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report For more than 76 years, Palestinians have resisted occupation, dispossession and ethnic cleansing, culminating in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Yet in the midst of this catastrophic seven months of “hell on earth”, it is a paradox that there exists an extraordinary oasis of peace and nature. Nestling in an Al-Karkarfa hillside ... <a title="How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/how-palestine-fights-ecocide-with-biodiversity-and-sustainability-resistance/" aria-label="Read more about How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
By Robin Martin, RNZ News reporter A New Zealand local authority, Whanganui District Council, has passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, condemnation of all acts of violence and terror against civilians on both sides of the conflict and the immediate return of hostages. It comes as Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed ... <a title="NZ local council calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza as strikes hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/nz-local-council-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza-as-strikes-hit/" aria-label="Read more about NZ local council calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza as strikes hit">Read more</a>
