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August 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A global media watchdog has expressed concern for the safety of an Al Jazeera reporter after false claims by the Israeli military. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was concerned for Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in northern Gaza, after an Israel military spokesperson accused him of “presenting a ... <a title="Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/media-watchdog-says-al-jazeera-paying-devastating-price-in-warning-on-gaza-reporter/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Mick Hall A leading peace campaigner is calling Aotearoa New Zealand’s decision to stay away from a peace event in Nagasaki paying tribute to victims of the Japanese city’s 1945 nuclear bombing “outrageous”. Former trade union leader Robert Reid said New Zealand could have acted as a strong independent Pacific voice by attending today’s ... <a title="Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/advocate-slams-nz-snub-of-nagasaki-peace-tribute-as-outrageous/" aria-label="Read more about Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’">Read more</a>
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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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August 8, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Qadura Fares On August 3, last Saturday, prisoner rights institutions and Palestinians all around the world were standing in solidarity with Gaza and Palestininian prisoners. This day is dedicated to highlighting Israeli crimes and violations of Palestinian prisoners’ rights and the continuing genocide in ... <a title="Call for collective global action over ‘horrific’ Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/call-for-collective-global-action-over-horrific-israeli-crimes-against-palestinian-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about Call for collective global action over ‘horrific’ Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
RNZ News The coalition government is telling New Zealanders in Iran and Lebanon to leave immediately as tensions rise in the Middle East. “The New Zealand government urges New Zealanders in Lebanon and Iran to leave now while options remain available,” Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said in a social media post today. “We also ... <a title="NZ tells citizens to leave Iran and Lebanon now ‘while options remain’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/nz-tells-citizens-to-leave-iran-and-lebanon-now-while-options-remain/" aria-label="Read more about NZ tells citizens to leave Iran and Lebanon now ‘while options remain’">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Forget a 10-month genocide in Gaza. Only when Israel can exploit the deaths of Syrians living under its military occupation are we supposed to start worrying about the ‘consequences’, writes Jonathan Cook.ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook BBC coverage of the attack on a football pitch in the Golan Heights last Saturday has been intentionally misleading. The ... <a title="More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/more-dead-children-more-bbc-news-channelling-israeli-propaganda-as-its-own/" aria-label="Read more about More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its own">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Aotearoa Caravan For a Free Palestine arrived in Auckland at the weekend and was greeted and supported by a large rally and march downtown before heading for Hamilton on the next stage. “260 days of wives becoming widows. 260 days of mothers becoming children-less. 260 days of schools being bombed, of ... <a title="Aotearoa Caravan for Free Palestine reaches Auckland, joins downtown rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/aotearoa-caravan-for-free-palestine-reaches-auckland-joins-downtown-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Aotearoa Caravan for Free Palestine reaches Auckland, joins downtown rally">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Savanna Craig On the morning of April 15, I headed to a branch of Scotiabank in downtown Montreal to cover a pro-Palestine protest. Activists had chosen the venue due to the Canadian bank’s investments in Israeli defence company Elbit Systems. I watched as protesters blocked the bank’s ATMs and teller booths and the ... <a title="In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/23/in-canada-a-pattern-of-police-intimidation-of-freelance-journalists-is-emerging/" aria-label="Read more about In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel in Tāmaki Makaurau This morning I did something I seldom do, I looked at the Twitter newsfeed. Normally I take the approach of something that I’m not sure is an American urban legend, or genuinely something kids do over there. The infamous bag of dog poo on the front porch, set ... <a title="Nick Rockel: RIMPAC 2024 training – NZ’s sabre dance with Israel ͏" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/nick-rockel-rimpac-2024-training-nzs-sabre-dance-with-israel-%cd%8f/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Rockel: RIMPAC 2024 training – NZ’s sabre dance with Israel ͏">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza An international lawyer and former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Diana Buttu, says it is a myth that the siege on Gaza began in 2006/2007. She has explained in a Gaza Freedom Flotilla video released on YouTube that Israel’s control and closure on Gaza started decades earlier. The Israeli militarily ... <a title="Buttu debunks Israeli ‘myths’ about Gaza siege – ‘vital to break it’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/buttu-debunks-israeli-myths-about-gaza-siege-vital-to-break-it/" aria-label="Read more about Buttu debunks Israeli ‘myths’ about Gaza siege – ‘vital to break it’">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand activists Youssef Sammour and Rana Hamida have been selected to join the volunteer crew on the international Freedom Flotilla ship Handala, currently visiting European ports and heading to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Youssef Sammour at a recent Auckland rally for Palestine. Image: Kia Ora Gaza They will be farewelled ... <a title="Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/latest-kiwi-crew-to-join-gaza-freedom-flotilla-leaves-on-sunday/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Israel’s targeting of educational institutes across Gaza is “shameful” and contributing to a global crisis for students, says the head of an educational foundation. Talal al-Hathal, director of the Al Fakhoora Programme at Education Above All foundation in Qatar, said: “War has exacerbated the plight of Gaza’s educational sector.” Israel’s targeting of ... <a title="Education head condemns Israel’s ‘shameful’ ruin of UN schools in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/education-head-condemns-israels-shameful-ruin-of-un-schools-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Education head condemns Israel’s ‘shameful’ ruin of UN schools in Gaza">Read more</a>
