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Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza media blockade

October 15, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch supports the call by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for justice for the victims of crimes against journalists in Gaza, and its demand for immediate access to the Palestinian enclave for exiled journalists and foreign press. The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, confirmed ... <a title="Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza media blockade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/15/pacific-media-watch-backs-rsf-call-for-urgent-end-to-gaza-media-blockade/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza media blockade">Read more</a>

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New minister in ‘rollercoaster’ French politics causes concern in New Caledonia

October 14, 2025

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As part of a never-ending rollercoaster of instability in French politics, the latest appointment of a Minister for Overseas has caused significant concern, including in New Caledonia. In the late hours of Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron approved the latest Cabinet lineup submitted to him by ... <a title="New minister in ‘rollercoaster’ French politics causes concern in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/new-minister-in-rollercoaster-french-politics-causes-concern-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New minister in ‘rollercoaster’ French politics causes concern in New Caledonia">Read more</a>

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Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’

October 14, 2025

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we’ve reported, the Gaza ceasefire deal is in effect. Phase one of the US.-backed 20-point plan is underway. Hamas has released all 20 living captives. Israel has released almost 2000 Palestinians in Ramallah and now in Khan Younis ... <a title="Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/israeli-historian-ilan-pappe-despite-ceasefire-palestinians-still-face-elimination-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’">Read more</a>

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Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’

October 14, 2025

RNZ Pacific Pesi Siale Fonua, a veteran Pacific journalist and the publisher-editor of Tonga’s leading news website Matangi Tonga Online, has died at the age of 78. Fonua’s family announced his passing on Monday. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Pesi Siale Fonua (78), well known Pacific Islands journalist, publisher ... <a title="Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/tributes-pour-in-for-matangi-tonga-founder-pesi-siale-fonua-a-steady-voice-of-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’">Read more</a>

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Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian statehood

October 14, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Two leftwing opposition members of the Knesset protested in the middle of US President Donald Trump’s historic and rambling speech praising the Gaza ceasefire and his administration in West Jerusalem today. MK Ayman Odeh, a lawyer and chair of the mainly Arab Hadash-Ta’al party, was escorted out of the Knesset plenum after ... <a title="Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian statehood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/opposition-israeli-lawmakers-interrupt-trump-and-call-for-recognition-of-palestinian-statehood/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian statehood">Read more</a>

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After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war

October 13, 2025

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Israel’s government has approved the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, that includes a pause in Israeli attacks and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons — 20 living hostages were freed today coinciding with President Trump’s visit to Israel ... <a title="After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/after-gaza-ceasefire-massive-political-pressure-needed-to-prevent-israel-from-restarting-war/" aria-label="Read more about After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war">Read more</a>

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Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country

October 13, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country — Venezuela. The curriculum vitae of the opposition leader hardly lines up with what one would typically associate with a Peace ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/eugene-doyle-the-nobel-peace-laureate-who-calls-for-us-bombing-of-her-own-country/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country">Read more</a>

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IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza

October 13, 2025

Pacific Media Watch The global peak journalism body has condemned the targeting, harassment, and censorship by lobby groups of Australian journalists for reporting critically on Israel’s war on Gaza. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), said in a statement they were attempts to ... <a title="IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/ifj-condemns-australian-lobby-censorship-bids-to-silence-reporting-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza">Read more</a>

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The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice

October 12, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh A temporary ceasefire and release of some Palestinians in a prisoner exchange is not a “peace agreement” and it is far from what is needed — ending colonisation; freedom for the >10,000 political prisoners still in Israeli gulags (also tortured, nearly 100 have died under torture in the last two ... <a title="The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/the-fake-gaza-peace-agreement-versus-real-peace-with-justice/" aria-label="Read more about The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice">Read more</a>