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October 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territories. “It is great that Christchurch is the first council in New Zealand to take up this cause. We hope others will follow ... <a title="NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/nzs-labour-calls-on-other-cities-to-follow-israel-boycott-lead/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Christchurch, New Zealand’s third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business with organisations involved in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. It passed a resolution to amend its procurement policy to exclude companies building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements on ... <a title="NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/nzs-third-largest-city-sanctions-israel-over-illegal-palestine-settlements/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2024
In this episode of A View From Afar political scientist Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning analyse how the state of Israel has gone rogue, attacking United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. At this juncture it is clear this is an intentional attack.
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October 12, 2024
This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza — a conflict that has taken a devastating toll on journalists and media outlets in Palestine, reports the International Press Institute. In Gaza, Israeli strikes have killed at least 123 ... <a title="One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/one-year-of-war-in-gaza-protect-journalists-now-says-ipi/" aria-label="Read more about One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI">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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September 19, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The death toll has risen to 12 from Israel’s terror attack in Lebanon on Tuesday which detonated explosive materials hidden in thousands of pagers. Another 20 people were then killed in another attack the following day with a second wave of explosions, ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: On human rights, ‘friendly’ war crimes and Western hypocrisy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/19/caitlin-johnstone-on-human-rights-friendly-war-crimes-and-western-hypocrisy/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: On human rights, ‘friendly’ war crimes and Western hypocrisy">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2024
By Efe Özkan Pro-Palestinian anti-war activists in Australia have protested in Melbourne, disrupting a defence expo set to open on Wednesday. Protesters gathered yesterday in front of companies connected to weapons manufacturing across Melbourne as police were called to prevent an escalation of the events, according to 7News Melbourne. Many police cars and units were ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian activists hold protests to disrupt defence expo in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/18/pro-palestinian-activists-hold-protests-to-disrupt-defence-expo-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian activists hold protests to disrupt defence expo in Australia">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist A new poll shows a significant number of New Zealanders support recognising Palestine as a state and applying sanctions against Israel. Commissioned by advocacy group Justice for Palestine and conducted by Talbot-Mills, the poll found support for recognising Palestinian statehood and sanctions for Israel was higher among young people. It ... <a title="New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/new-poll-shows-nz-support-for-recognising-palestinian-statehood-sanctioning-israel/" aria-label="Read more about New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
Student Justice for Palestine Pōneke After almost a year of consistent pressure from the student body, the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Foundation has announced its divestment from all Israeli government bonds and shares of companies listed in Israel. The foundation had previously reported having close to $50,000 invested in Israeli government bonds, which finance ... <a title="Student pressure forces Victoria University Foundation to divest from Israeli bonds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/student-pressure-forces-victoria-university-foundation-to-divest-from-israeli-bonds/" aria-label="Read more about Student pressure forces Victoria University Foundation to divest from Israeli bonds">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
By Efe Özkan Pro-Palestinian anti-war activists in Australia have protested in Melbourne, disrupting a defence expo set to open on Wednesday. Protesters gathered yesterday in front of companies connected to weapons manufacturing across Melbourne as police were called to prevent an escalation of the events, according to 7News Melbourne. Many police cars and units were ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian activists hold protests to disrupt defense expo in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/pro-palestinian-activists-hold-protests-to-disrupt-defense-expo-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian activists hold protests to disrupt defense expo in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation. By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders Many in the international community are finally coming to accept that the earth’s ecosystem can no longer bear the weight of military occupation. Most have reached this inevitable conclusion, clearly articulated in the ... <a title="From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate catastrophe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/from-papua-to-gaza-military-occupation-leads-to-ecocide-climate-catastrophe/" aria-label="Read more about From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate catastrophe">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye There should be nothing surprising about the revelation that troops at Sde Teiman, a detention camp set up by Israel in the wake of Hamas’s October ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/jonathan-cook-israel-is-in-a-death-spiral-who-will-it-take-down-with-it/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?">Read more</a>
