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August 9, 2024
We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel. It was born in sin, and it continues to live in sin, writes Jonathan Cook. COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook The headline above, about yet another Israeli operation to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians in the tiny, besieged and utterly destroyed enclave of Gaza, was ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/jonathan-cook-nothings-changed-since-1948-except-now-israels-excuses-dont-work/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Good slogans have people nodding their heads in agreement because they recognise an underlying truth in the words. I have a worn-out t-shirt which carries the slogan, “The first casualty of war is truth — the rest are mostly civilians”. If you find yourself nodding in agreement it’s possibly because ... <a title="John Minto: The first casualty of war is truth – the rest are mostly civilians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/john-minto-the-first-casualty-of-war-is-truth-the-rest-are-mostly-civilians/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: The first casualty of war is truth – the rest are mostly civilians">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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January 23, 2024
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocate has appealed to the New Zealand government to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to back the South African genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “A sovereign state like New Zealand that has historically stood for what ... <a title="Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/back-sa-over-genocide-case-dont-yield-to-pressure-hania-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. However, the Labour government has been deathly ... <a title="War on Gaza: A prime minister with blood on his hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/war-on-gaza-a-prime-minister-with-blood-on-his-hands/" aria-label="Read more about War on Gaza: A prime minister with blood on his hands">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2023
By Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report As we prepared for this podcast, representatives of Arab states have presented a united front at the United Nations, criticising the UN Security Council of doing nothing to protect civilians from Israeli bombing and missile attacks on Gazan civilians and locations. Since then, the UN Security Council has ... <a title="When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning, Paul Buchanan assess the crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/20/when-all-the-worlds-failings-end-in-gaza-selwyn-manning-paul-buchanan-assess-the-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning, Paul Buchanan assess the crisis">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. However, the Labour government has been deathly ... <a title="John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/john-minto-a-prime-minister-with-gaza-blood-on-his-hands/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto The tragic events in Israel/Palestine these past few days have highlighted the absolute failure of Western governments like New Zealand to hold Israel accountable for its myriad war crimes against the Palestinian people for more than 75 years. Even in the past year the New Zealand government has failed to speak ... <a title="Genocidal language being used to justify a massive death toll on Palestinian refugees in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/genocidal-language-being-used-to-justify-a-massive-death-toll-on-palestinian-refugees-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Genocidal language being used to justify a massive death toll on Palestinian refugees in Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A progressive foreign policy group is calling for the New Zealand government to condemn the siege of Gaza, and demand an immediate ceasefire to allow the establishment of a humanitarian aid corridor in the region. Israel’s complete siege on the Gaza Strip has cut off power, food, water, electricity and fuel to ... <a title="Foreign policy group Te Kuaka calls on NZ to urge immediate Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/foreign-policy-group-te-kuaka-calls-on-nz-to-urge-immediate-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign policy group Te Kuaka calls on NZ to urge immediate Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser is either a friend or a country with which we have strong economic links. In our relations with China, this is a difficult issue for us. However, we should always ... <a title="NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/nz-inert-over-israels-flagrant-violations-in-occupied-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The humanitarian aid worker Andrew Bagshaw, who has dual New Zealand and British citizenship, has been missing in Ukraine for more than 10 days. Bagshaw and his British colleague Christopher Parry worked as part of a team of Ukrainian and international volunteers delivering aid and carrying out evacuations ... <a title="NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of helpers in war zones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/17/nz-aid-worker-remains-missing-in-ukraine-the-tragedy-of-helpers-in-war-zones/" aria-label="Read more about NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of helpers in war zones">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
COMMENTARY: By John Minto During World War I, the New Zealand government took a big area of land at Raglan from the local Tainui Awhiro people to build an airfield and bunker as part of local war preparations. The airfield was never built and, instead of returning the land to the people, the government used ... <a title="John Minto: From Raglan to Palestine – let our voice be heard out loud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/john-minto-from-raglan-to-palestine-let-our-voice-be-heard-out-loud/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: From Raglan to Palestine – let our voice be heard out loud">Read more</a>