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March 5, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Green Party has called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to rule out Aotearoa New Zealand joining the AUKUS military technical pact in any capacity following the row over Ukraine in the White House over the weekend. President Donald Trump’s “appalling treatment” of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a “clear warning ... <a title="‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/back-off-aukus-greens-mp-tuiono-warns-nz-in-wake-of-trump-row/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report One of the leading Palestinian solidarity groups in Aotearoa New Zealand has demanded that the government condemn Israel’s cutting off of all humanitarian aid to Gaza. Israel announced its latest “humanitarian outrage” against the Palestinian people of Gaza as it tries to renegotiate the three-phased ceasefire agreement it signed with Hamas in ... <a title="NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian aid, says PSNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/nz-must-protest-israels-latest-weasel-out-war-crime-cutting-humanitarian-aid-says-psna/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian aid, says PSNA">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has accused Israel of “blackmail” over aid and urged the US government to act more like a neutral mediator in the ceasefire process. “We call on the US administration to stop its bias and alignment with the fascist plans of the war criminal Netanyahu, which target our ... <a title="Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US support for Netanyahu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/hamas-accuses-israel-of-blackmail-over-aid-demands-end-of-us-support-for-netanyahu/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US support for Netanyahu">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2025
Pacific Media Watch With international media’s attention on the Israeli and Palestinian captives exchange, Israel’s military and settlers have been forcibly displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, says Al Jazeera’s Listening Post media programme. The European Union has condemned Israel’s military operation in West Bank, attacking and killing refugees, and ... <a title="Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western media ‘ignores’ it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/02/israels-genocide-is-expanding-into-the-west-bank-but-western-media-ignores-it/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western media ‘ignores’ it">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Last week, on 26 February 2025, President Prabowo Subianto officially launched Indonesia’s first bullion banks, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to gold and precious metal management. This initiative aims to strengthen Indonesia’s control over its gold reserves, improve financial stability, and reduce reliance on foreign institutions for gold ... <a title="Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan sovereignty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/02/indonesias-bullion-banks-new-mining-policies-pose-threat-to-west-papuan-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan sovereignty">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2025
More than 180 remained in detention without a clear indication of when or if they would be released, the physicians’ report said. “Detainees endure physical, psychological and sexual abuse as well as starvation and medical neglect amounting to torture,” the report said, denouncing a “deeply ingrained policy”. Healthcare workers were beaten, threatened, and forced to ... <a title="Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/01/palestine-asks-icj-for-advisory-opinion-on-illegal-occupier-israels-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An independent Jewish body has condemned the move by Australia’s 39 universities to endorse a “dangerous and politicised” definition of antisemitism which threatens academic freedom. The Jewish Council of Australia, a diverse coalition of Jewish academics, lawyers, writers and teachers, said in a statement that the move would have a “chilling effect” ... <a title="Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/jewish-council-slams-australian-universities-dangerous-politicised-antisemitism-definition/" aria-label="Read more about Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
A rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament under the banner of Jews for a Free Palestine was arranged for Sunday, February 9. At 11:11pm on the eve of that rally, Mark Leibler —a lawyer who claims to have a high profile and speak on behalf of Jews by the totally unelected organisation AIJAC ... <a title="J’accuse!… the Jew who accuses his fellow Jews of being antisemites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/jaccuse-the-jew-who-accuses-his-fellow-jews-of-being-antisemites/" aria-label="Read more about J’accuse!… the Jew who accuses his fellow Jews of being antisemites">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Israel has now banned another European Union parliamentarian from entering the country, reports Al Jazeera. The government gave no reasons why Lynn Boylan, who chairs the European Parliament EU-Palestine delegation, was denied entry. “This utter contempt from Israel is the result of the international community failing to hold them to account,” Boylan, an Irish MP ... <a title="Barred European Union politician brands Israel as ‘a rogue state’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/barred-european-union-politician-brands-israel-as-a-rogue-state/" aria-label="Read more about Barred European Union politician brands Israel as ‘a rogue state’">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2025
By Gizem Nisa Cebi The BBC has removed its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from iPlayer after it was revealed that its teenage narrator is the son of a Hamas official. The broadcaster stated that it was conducting “further due diligence” following mounting scrutiny. The film, which aired on BBC Two last Monday, ... <a title="Critics condemn ‘cowardly’ BBC for pulling Gaza warzone youth survival documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/22/critics-condemn-cowardly-bbc-for-pulling-gaza-warzone-youth-survival-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Critics condemn ‘cowardly’ BBC for pulling Gaza warzone youth survival documentary">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2025
Pacific Media Watch One of the leading Middle East’s leading political and media analysts, Marwan Bishara, has accused President Donald Trump of applying a doctrine of ‘strategic coercion” and “economic blackmail” in his approach to the Gaza ceasefire. Bishara, senior political analyst of the Doha-based Al Jazeera global television network, was responding to the news ... <a title="Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/22/media-analyst-criticises-trump-for-applying-strategic-coercion-economic-blackmail-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2025
RNZ Pacific Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s announcement this week that the island nation will open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem has been labelled “an act of aggression” by Palestine. On Tuesday, the Fiji government revealed that Cabinet had decided to locate its consulate in Jerusalem, which remains at the centre of the Palestine-Israel decades-long ... <a title="Fiji’s diplomatic move to Jerusalem sparks controversy with Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/21/fijis-diplomatic-move-to-jerusalem-sparks-controversy-with-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s diplomatic move to Jerusalem sparks controversy with Palestine">Read more</a>
