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February 4, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Pacific protesters were prominent in the 17th week of Aotearoa New Zealand solidarity demonstrations for Palestine and a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today. Flags of Fiji, Tonga and West Papua were featured alongside the sea of Palestinian banners and at least one group declared themselves as “Tongans ... <a title="Pacific protesters feature in NZ demo against Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/04/pacific-protesters-feature-in-nz-demo-against-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters feature in NZ demo against Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Palestinian Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Dr Izzat Abdulhadi, last night appealed for “unity”, “strategy” and “networking” for the pathway forward to an independent state. Responding to speculation about “the day after” when Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is finally over at a community event in Auckland’s Western ... <a title="Palestinian envoy calls for ‘unity’ and ‘strategy’ for pathway to just future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/03/palestinian-envoy-calls-for-unity-and-strategy-for-pathway-to-just-future/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian envoy calls for ‘unity’ and ‘strategy’ for pathway to just future">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand must ramp up pressure on Israel to abide by last month’s International Court of Justice ruling, writes John Minto. COMMENTARY: By John Minto In 2003, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s “apartheid wall” being built through Palestinian territory was a violation of international law and should be dismantled. Israel ignored ... <a title="Pressure must go on Israel to comply with World Court genocide rulings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/03/pressure-must-go-on-israel-to-comply-with-world-court-genocide-rulings/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure must go on Israel to comply with World Court genocide rulings">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Senator and deputy leader of the Australian Greens party Mehreen Faruqi says the survival of millions of people in Gaza depends on the “live-saving” humanitarian aid provided by UNRWA, and it is “totally irresponsible” to cut funds to the UN agency. “Western countries, like Australia, who have suspended this aid [to UNRWA] ... <a title="Canberra ‘ignores public’ over Gaza war – UNRWA fund cuts ‘irresponsible’, says Senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/01/canberra-ignores-public-over-gaza-war-unrwa-fund-cuts-irresponsible-says-senator/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra ‘ignores public’ over Gaza war – UNRWA fund cuts ‘irresponsible’, says Senator">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2024
New Zealand’s commitment to the rule of law means it must also go beyond the UN court’s genocide case findings on Gaza, writes the University of Auckland’s Treasa Dunworth. ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth As Newsroom has reported, 15 aid agencies have joined forces to call on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to do more to ... <a title="NZ legally obliged to step up and speak out after World Court ruling on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/01/nz-legally-obliged-to-step-up-and-speak-out-after-world-court-ruling-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about NZ legally obliged to step up and speak out after World Court ruling on Israel">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Several democratic, progressive and socialist organisations in Indonesia and in the Melanesian region of West Papua have come together in solidarity with Palestine and formed an alliance called the People’s Movement for Palestinian Independence (GERAK Palestine). In a statement released by GERAK Palestine, the group declared full support for the Palestinian people ... <a title="Indonesian and Papuan protesters call for ‘Palestine independence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/31/indonesian-and-papuan-protesters-call-for-palestine-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian and Papuan protesters call for ‘Palestine independence’">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who led the UN Development Programme which oversees UNRWA, told RNZ Morning Report today it was the biggest platform for getting humanitarian aid into Gaza for a populations that is 85 percent displaced. People are on the verge on starvation and going without medical supplies, ... <a title="Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former PM Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/30/defunding-unrwa-will-cause-gazans-more-misery-and-suffering-warns-former-pm-clark/" aria-label="Read more about Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former PM Clark">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2024
RNZ News A New Zealander working for the UN refugee agency for Palestinians says having countries pull funding is devastating. Speaking from Geneva, Hector Sharp told RNZ Midday Report UNRWA was the only organisation with the ability to deliver the kind of aid needed in Gaza. “We’ve been doing this for 75 years, so we’re ... <a title="UN refugee agency a neutral Gaza ‘lifeline for millions’, says aid officer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/30/un-refugee-agency-a-neutral-gaza-lifeline-for-millions-says-aid-officer/" aria-label="Read more about UN refugee agency a neutral Gaza ‘lifeline for millions’, says aid officer">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 500 protesters marched through the heart of Auckland’s tourist suburb of Devonport today to the Royal New Zealand Navy base, accusing the government of backing genocide in the Middle East. Demanding a “ceasefire now” in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that has killed almost 27,000 Palestinians — mostly women and children ... <a title="‘Ceasefire now’ protesters march on NZ naval base, demand Luxon upholds Israel genocide court order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/ceasefire-now-protesters-march-on-nz-naval-base-demand-luxon-upholds-israel-genocide-court-order/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ceasefire now’ protesters march on NZ naval base, demand Luxon upholds Israel genocide court order">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, has called the funding cuts to the UN’s Palestinian humanitarian relief agency a “heartless decision” by some of the world’s richest countries “to punish the most vulnerable population on earth because of the alleged crimes of 12 people”. In a post on X, formerly ... <a title="Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/29/amnesty-chief-calls-unrwa-funding-cuts-heartless-sickening/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has joined a chorus of global development and political figures defending the United Nations “lifeline” for more than two million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip enclave. Declaring New Zealand should stick to its three-year funding agreement with the UN relief agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), ... <a title="Palestinian agency condemns funding cuts as ‘ collective punishment’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/28/palestinian-agency-condemns-funding-cuts-as-collective-punishment/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian agency condemns funding cuts as ‘ collective punishment’">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for Qatar and gave his first interview there with the Doha-based Al Jazeera global news channel. Azaiza announced on Instagram yesterday that he was leaving the besieged enclave before boarding a ... <a title="Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/24/photojournalist-motaz-azaiza-evacuates-from-gaza-thank-you-youll-return-to-a-free-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . . . you’ll return to a free Palestine’">Read more</a>
