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August 17, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto This morning there is no article on the political page of The New Zealand Herald about the plight of people in Gaza, the same is the case at The Post and at RNZ. Even the 1News political page is Gaza free but what may stun you over a Sunday morning coffee ... <a title="Gerard Otto on Palestine, genocide and the media: ‘Not if – but when – but not now’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/17/gerard-otto-on-palestine-genocide-and-the-media-not-if-but-when-but-not-now/" aria-label="Read more about Gerard Otto on Palestine, genocide and the media: ‘Not if – but when – but not now’">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today as the protesters demanded that the coalition government should recognise the state of Palestine and stop supporting impunity for Israel. More than 62,000 people, mostly women and children, have ... <a title="Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/17/luxon-get-a-spine-chants-as-big-rallies-call-for-nz-to-recognise-palestine-state/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Union members of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) have made a video honouring the 242 Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by the Israeli military since October 2023 — many of them targeted. The death toll has been reported by the Gaza Media Office since the latest killing of six ... <a title="‘Stop killing journalists’ in Gaza plea by media alliance advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/stop-killing-journalists-in-gaza-plea-by-media-alliance-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop killing journalists’ in Gaza plea by media alliance advocates">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Netanyahu’s mass ethnic cleansing strategy pulls the rug out from under the West’s cherished pretext for supporting Israeli criminality: the fabled two-state solution. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook If you thought Western capitals were finally losing patience with Israel’s engineering of a famine in Gaza nearly two years into the genocide, you may be disappointed. As ... <a title="The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-west-is-in-panic-as-israels-plan-for-full-control-of-gaza-heralds-a-new-nakba/" aria-label="Read more about The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Anas al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, last Sunday has triggered protests around the world, including journalists in Israel. He left behind a powerful farewell message — his final testament to his people, his family, and the world. Palestine Chronicle staff Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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August 14, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s pro-independence front, the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), has formally confirmed its “block rejection” of the French-sponsored Bougival project, signed last month. The pact has been presented as an agreement between all parties to serve as a guide for the French Pacific ... <a title="‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/full-sovereignty-and-independence-flnks-rejects-frances-bougival-project/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand once earned praise for its “principled” and “independent” foreign policy. Think nuclear-free Pacific, for example. Yet that reputation doesn’t hold true when it comes to Gaza and the Palestinian desire and right to self-determination. Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, states must take positive steps to prevent genocide. ... <a title="John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/john-hobbs-new-zealands-shameful-stance-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Global condemnation is mounting over Israel’s assassination of one of the most prominent journalists in Gaza, the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, along with four of his colleagues at the network and another freelance journalist. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for ... <a title="Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israel-has-deliberate-strategy-of-killing-palestinian-journalists-like-anas-al-sharif-warns-un-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says she has witnessed Israel deliberately obstructing life-saving humanitarian aid into Gaza. Together with former Irish president Mary Robinson, Clark visited the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian territory this week. The two former world leaders are part of The Elders, an independent, non-government organisation of ... <a title="Israel deliberately obstructing aid, says former PM Helen Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israel-deliberately-obstructing-aid-says-former-pm-helen-clark/" aria-label="Read more about Israel deliberately obstructing aid, says former PM Helen Clark">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, RNZ Māori news journalist in Parliament New Zealand’s Prime Minister says the war in Gaza is “utterly appalling” and Israeil Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost the plot”. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s comments came on a tense day in Parliament today, where the Green Party’s co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick was “named” for refusing ... <a title="Israeli PM has ‘lost the plot’, says NZ’s Christopher Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israeli-pm-has-lost-the-plot-says-nzs-christopher-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli PM has ‘lost the plot’, says NZ’s Christopher Luxon">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has condemned the continued targeted killing of media workers in Gaza and the baseless smearing of working journalists as “terrorists”, following the deaths of five Al Jazeera staff over the weekend. Al Jazeera journalists Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed ... <a title="MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/meaa-condemns-targeted-attacks-on-gaza-journalists-as-a-war-crime/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the Israeli military’s “disgraceful tactic” to cover up war crimes in the wake of the killing of six journalists in Gaza on Sunday. It has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to stop the massacre of journalists, ... <a title="RSF calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting after targeted Israeli strike kills six media professionals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/12/rsf-calls-for-emergency-un-security-council-meeting-after-targeted-israeli-strike-kills-six-media-professionals/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting after targeted Israeli strike kills six media professionals">Read more</a>
