ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for March 17, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 17, 2026.
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ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 17, 2026.

NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Nermeen Shaikh, with Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, we go now to Jerusalem, where we’re joined by Orly Noy. She’s an Iranian Israeli political activist and editor of the Hebrew-language news site Local ... <a title="As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/as-israel-keeps-bombing-iran-palestinians-face-growing-violence-in-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West Bank">Read more</a>

RNZ Pacific Pacific Island governments are urging their citizens not to panic about the supply of fuels amid the conflict in the Middle East between Israel, the United States and Iran. The conflict has resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that carries around 20 percent of the world’s ... <a title="Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens fuel supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/pacific-governments-warn-against-panic-buying-as-war-on-iran-threatens-fuel-supply/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens fuel supply">Read more</a>

Asia Pacific Report The United States and Fiji have filed separate declarations of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging the country is committing genocide in Gaza. While the US explicitly rejects the allegation that Israel is committing genocide, Fiji raises issues about how the 1948 ... <a title="US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/us-fiji-intervene-for-israel-in-south-africas-gaza-genocide-case-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ">Read more</a>

The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The war on Iran and the obliteration of Gaza is the beginning. Welcome to the new world order. The age ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/chris-hedges-the-world-according-to-gaza-its-only-the-start/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the start">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 16, 2026.

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu’s only daily newspaper, the Vanuatu Daily Post, is facing a ban on covering future football league matches after publishing an article with the headline: “Former women’s coach says lesbianism is a reason Vanuatu women’s squad keeps losing”. The outlet ran a story on March 6 featuring an interview ... <a title="Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/vanuatu-newspaper-faces-football-coverage-ban-after-lesbianism-headline/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline">Read more</a>

COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter The US-Israeli attack on Iran has unequivocally demonstrated to the world — apart, it seems, from Australia’s government — that being an ally of the US attracts potentially disastrous liabilities but confers few if any benefits. The US was manipulated into starting this illegal and unjustified war simply because Netanyahu planned ... <a title="War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not a modern Titanic rogue state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/15/war-on-iran-australia-should-put-trust-in-its-neighbours-not-a-modern-titanic-rogue-state/" aria-label="Read more about War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not a modern Titanic rogue state">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 15, 2026.

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The United States and Israel have, for decades, pursued the destruction of Iran as a sovereign state. We are now in the opening days of what may be the final, decisive war to determine either the survival of the Iranian state or the expulsion of the US from the Arab lands ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States along with Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/15/eugene-doyle-will-israel-and-the-us-wreck-the-gulf-states-along-with-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States along with Iran?">Read more</a>

Asia Pacific Report A peace advocate urged people in New Zealand today to get behind a “Stop Wars Aotearoa” campaign to oppose the illegal and unprovoked US-Israeli war on Iran and expand beyond solidarity with Palestine. In the 127th week of protest against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and occupied West Bank, socialist trade union ... <a title="From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Carolan makes action plea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/15/from-the-gauntlet-to-stopping-the-iran-war-carolan-makes-action-plea/" aria-label="Read more about From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Carolan makes action plea">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 14, 2026.