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June 10, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard has condemned Israel’s interception and detention of the 12 crew members aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s humanitarian aid yacht Madleen. The crew detained include Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who has been designated by Amnesty International as an “Ambassador of Conscience”, reports Amnesty International in a statement. She ... <a title="Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over Madleen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/amnesty-slams-israel-for-flouting-international-law-with-chilling-contempt-over-madleen/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over Madleen">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: Hon Matthew Robson Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Hon Matt Robson, has called on the New Zealand Government to uphold International Law. “New Zealand prides itself on being in the forefront of countries supporting the international rule of law and not the international rule of might ”, said former Associate Foreign Minister ... <a title="Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/legal-news-former-nz-associate-minister-of-foreign-affairs-calls-on-nz-government-to-uphold-international-law-over-us-designation-of-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2025
By Gordon Campbell The calls by the Israel Institute of New Zealand for Peter Davis to resign from the Helen Clark Foundation because of comments he made with regard to an ugly, hateful piece of graffiti are absurd. The graffiti in question said “I hated Jews before it was cool!” On social media, Davis made ... <a title="Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/10/absurd-attack-on-free-speech-by-israel-institute-over-social-media-comment/" aria-label="Read more about Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The advocacy group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned the New Zealand government fpr failing to make a humanitarian submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings at The Hague this week into Israel blocking vital supplies entering Gaza. The ICJ’s ongoing investigation into Israeli genocide in the besieged enclave is ... <a title="New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/new-zealand-condemned-for-failing-to-make-icj-humanitarian-case-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocacy group has called on NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to take a firm stand for international law and human rights by following the Maldives with a ban on visiting Israelis. Maher Nazzal, chair of the Palestine Forum of New Zealand, said in an open ... <a title="NZ’s Palestine Forum calls on Luxon to take ‘firm stand’ over Israeli atrocities with temporary ban on visitors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/nzs-palestine-forum-calls-on-luxon-to-take-firm-stand-over-israeli-atrocities-with-temporary-ban-on-visitors/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Palestine Forum calls on Luxon to take ‘firm stand’ over Israeli atrocities with temporary ban on visitors">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the need for Aotearoa New Zealand to impose sanctions against Israel has grown more urgent after airstrikes on Gaza resumed, killing more than 400 people. Swarbrick lodged a member’s bill in December and said that with all opposition parties backing it, the ... <a title="Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/swarbrick-pleads-for-nz-cross-party-support-for-sanctions-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand’s National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and closer alignment with the US, which supports a Netanyahu government strongly opposed to a Palestinian state In the last 17 months, Gaza has been the scene of what ... <a title="New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/new-zealand-and-gaza-confronting-and-not-confronting-the-unspeakable/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable">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 11, 2025
Yasser Abdulaal, who has lived in Ōtautahi Christchurch for five years, said his two sisters had lost their homes in the 15-month-long war. “Toxic wasteland” . . . Palestinians take shelter in tents set up amid heavily damaged buildings in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Image: Al Jazeera screenshot APR Abdulaal said they and ... <a title="Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US proposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/11/otautahi-man-says-family-in-gaza-will-never-leave-despite-us-proposal/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US proposal">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle It generally ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. They are heedless to wise counsel and indifferent to indigenous interests or experience. Before they fail, are killed, deposed or otherwise disposed of, these vicious old men can cause immense harm. To see Trump through ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/eugene-doyle-trump-and-foolish-old-men-who-redraw-maps/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards lasting peace is whether they choose to release the most important of all the hostages, Marwan Barghouti. During the past 22 years in Israeli prisons he has been beaten, tortured, sexually molested and had limbs broken. ... <a title="Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be freed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/21/marwan-barghouti-the-worlds-most-important-hostage-must-be-freed/" aria-label="Read more about Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be freed">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped to consider how these events are reshaping your world? Did you notice how your future — and that of generations to ... <a title="Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/03/katrina-mitchell-kouttab-the-palestine-tragedy-why-it-should-matter-to-you-and-our-world/" aria-label="Read more about Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world">Read more</a>
