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March 9, 2024
Pacific Media Watch About 25 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed the Auckland headquarters of Radio New Zealand today in the second of two demonstrations claiming that media is providing biased coverage of Israeli’s war on Gaza that is now in its fifth month. Last week protesters directed their criticism at Television New Zealand which never reported the ... <a title="Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/09/palestine-supporters-picket-rnz-studios-and-call-for-truth-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell, Australian National University In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into whether they have aided or supported Israel’s actions in Gaza. The referral, made by the Sydney law firm Birchgrove Legal on behalf of ... <a title="Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/why-have-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
By Alex Bainbridge, Peter Boyle, Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Jordan Ellis, Alex Salmon, Stephen W Enciso and Khaled Ghannam of Green Left Thousands marched for Palestine across Australia at the weekend in the wake of Israel’s massacre of more than 100 starving Palestinians who were trying to get flour from an aid truck southwest of ... <a title="Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/protests-demand-unrwa-funding-restored-as-israel-starves-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure the unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a last-ditch attempt to prevent imminent, says DAWN. If the UNSC is blocked by a US veto or fails to reach consensus, ... <a title="DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dawn-calls-on-un-to-set-up-global-protection-force-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie New Zealand has taken another shameful act in its tone deaf approach to Israel’s War on Gaza this week by declaring Hamas a “terrorist entity” at a time when millions are marching worldwide for an immediate ceasefire and a lasting peace founded on an independent state of Palestine. It would have ... <a title="NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/nzs-shameful-act-over-hamas-in-defiance-of-gaza-atrocities-reality/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand news media came under fire at today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza with speakers condemning what they said was pro-Israeli “bias” and “propaganda”. About 500 protesters waved Palestinian flags and many placards declaring “If you’re not heartbroken and furious, you’re ... <a title="NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/nz-news-media-under-fire-for-bias-propaganda-in-gaza-coverage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to Gaza to break Israel’s siege of the bombarded Palestinian enclave. Speaking at a huge public rally in Istanbul last week, Yildirim said: “The time for talking is over. We will ... <a title="‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/time-for-talking-is-over-turkish-plan-to-break-gaza-siege-as-jordan-airlifts-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2024
While telling today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about creative “good news” humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza, New Zealand Kia Ora Gaza advocate and organiser Roger Fowler also condemned Israel’s genocidal conduct. He was interviewed by Anadolu News Agency after a Freedom Flotilla Coalition planning meeting in Istanbul with ... <a title="Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/24/kia-ora-gaza-organiser-condemns-open-genocide-in-gaza-strip/" aria-label="Read more about Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji human rights advocacy coalition has condemned Fiji’s “profoundly troubling” stance as being one of only two countries supporting continued illegal occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territories. The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) said the occupation had been widely recognised by the international community — including the United ... <a title="Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/fiji-human-rights-group-condemns-troubling-support-for-israel-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has accused Indonesia of new human rights atrocities this week while the republic has apparently elected a new president with a past record of violations in Timor-Leste and West Papua. Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election on Wednesday after unofficial vote ... <a title="Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/17/wenda-accuses-indonesia-of-more-human-rights-atrocities-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog Winston Peters says Israel’s actions getting ‘out of hand’ ahead of planned Rafah offensive Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has joined with the leaders of Australia and Canada to express grave concern about Israel’s planned ground offensive into the southern Gazan city of Rafah. It’s the ... <a title="NZ’s weak criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime too little too late" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/16/nzs-weak-criticism-of-israels-ethnic-cleansing-war-crime-too-little-too-late/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s weak criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime too little too late">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Pacific protesters were prominent in the 17th week of Aotearoa New Zealand solidarity demonstrations for Palestine and a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today. Flags of Fiji, Tonga and West Papua were featured alongside the sea of Palestinian banners and at least one group declared themselves as “Tongans ... <a title="Pacific protesters feature in NZ rally against Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/pacific-protesters-feature-in-nz-rally-against-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters feature in NZ rally against Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
