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Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli

October 15, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone It’s bizarre how little mainstream attention is given to the fact that the President of the United States has repeatedly confessed to being bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli, especially given how intensely fixated his political opposition was on the possibility that he was compromised by a foreign government ... <a title="Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/15/trump-keeps-admitting-that-he-is-bought-and-owned-by-the-worlds-richest-israeli/" aria-label="Read more about Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli">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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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>

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Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace

October 12, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now call “the peace plan”. US President Donald Trump, they announced, would go to Cairo to oversee the agreement signing and then to Israel to speak at the Knesset. The air ... <a title="Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/sara-awad-why-gaza-still-looks-to-the-freedom-flotillas-for-true-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace">Read more</a>

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Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today

October 12, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one ... <a title="Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/massacre-of-gaza-journalists-triggers-rsfs-black-monday-protest-today/" aria-label="Read more about Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today">Read more</a>

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Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos

October 11, 2025

By Anthea Grape in Manila Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is vital to nation-building. It empowers Filipinos to make informed decisions by fostering critical thinking, strengthening media awareness and encouraging responsible digital use. This call was echoed last week when United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and MediaQuest’s THINKaMuna campaign representatives came together ... <a title="Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/think-click-share-making-media-literacy-fun-for-filipinos/" aria-label="Read more about Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos">Read more</a>

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Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised

October 11, 2025

This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel’s demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism. Jonathan Cook reflects on Israel’s war on Gaza as the fragile ceasefire takes hold. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook Anniversaries are often a cause for celebration. But who could have imagined back ... <a title="Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/genocide-two-years-on-it-is-the-west-not-gaza-that-must-be-deradicalised/" aria-label="Read more about Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised">Read more</a>