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February 22, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – OPEN LETTER: By Hassan Abo Qamar Dear Mr Trump, I am writing to you as a Palestinian and a survivor of genocide, who was born and raised in Gaza — a city of love and resilience. I have read your statements about Gaza and frankly, I ... <a title="Open letter: No, Mr Trump, we will not be ‘happy’ and ‘safe’ elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/22/open-letter-no-mr-trump-we-will-not-be-happy-and-safe-elsewhere/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter: No, Mr Trump, we will not be ‘happy’ and ‘safe’ elsewhere">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 20, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based community education provider, Dark Times Academy, has had a US Embassy grant to deliver a course teaching Pacific Islands journalists about disinformation terminated after the new Trump administration took office. The new US administration requested a list of course participants and to review the programme material amid controversy over ... <a title="US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid ‘freeze’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/us-backing-for-pacific-disinformation-media-course-casualty-of-trump-aid-freeze/" aria-label="Read more about US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid ‘freeze’">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist “colonisation” project leading to genocide and criticising the role of the NZ Jewish Council for its “unelected” and “uncritical support” for Israel. The groups, Alternative Jewish Voices and Dayenu: New Zealand Jews ... <a title="Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/open-letter-from-local-jewish-voices-condemns-zionist-colonisation-project/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Mediawatch on RNZ today strongly criticised Stuff and YouTube among other media for using Israeli propaganda’s “Outbrain” service. Outbrain is a company founded by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) military and its technology can be tracked back to a wealthy entrepreneur, which in this case could be a euphemism for a ... <a title="How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says Mediawatch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/16/how-israeli-propaganda-filters-into-nz-media-drop-it-says-mediawatch/" aria-label="Read more about How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says Mediawatch">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Trump administration officials barred two Associated Press (AP) reporters from covering White House events this week because the US-based independent news agency did not change its style guide to align with the president’s political agenda. The AP is being punished for using the term “Gulf of Mexico,” which the president renamed “Gulf ... <a title="RSF demands White House restores AP’s access — and let press do its job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/15/rsf-demands-white-house-restores-aps-access-and-let-press-do-its-job/" aria-label="Read more about RSF demands White House restores AP’s access — and let press do its job">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
In its eagerness to appease supporters of Israel, the media is happy to ride roughshod over due process and basic rights. It’s damaging Australia’s (and New Zealand’s?) democracy. COMMENTARY: By Bernard Keane Two moments stand out so far from the Federal Court hearings relating to Antoinette Lattouf’s sacking by the ABC, insofar as they demonstrate ... <a title="In the quest to appease Israel, the media undermine our basic rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/in-the-quest-to-appease-israel-the-media-undermine-our-basic-rights/" aria-label="Read more about In the quest to appease Israel, the media undermine our basic rights">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) Committee has finally issued a statement — 5 days after damaging social media attacks following the 2025 Pageant finals hosted by the Solomon Islands last Saturday. The statement yesterday simply said the committee recognised and deeply regretted the distress caused by recent disputes concerning ... <a title="‘Damage has been done’ – Miss Pacific pageant statement too late, say critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/damage-has-been-done-miss-pacific-pageant-statement-too-late-say-critics/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Damage has been done’ – Miss Pacific pageant statement too late, say critics">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic (thankfully not literally just yet) over the move by the small Pacific nation to sign a strategic partnership with China in Beijing this week. It is the latest in a string of island nations that ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Will New Zealand invade the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/eugene-doyle-will-new-zealand-invade-the-cook-islands-to-stop-china-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Will New Zealand invade the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s civic space has been rated as “obstructed” by the Civicus Monitor and the country has been criticised for pushing forward with a controversial media law in spite of strong opposition. Among concerns previously documented by the civil rights watchdog are harassment and threats against human rights defenders, particularly those ... <a title="Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/civicus-monitor-criticises-png-use-of-cybercrime-law-to-curb-free-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The United States shares the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The billionaires, Christian fascists, grifters, psychopaths, imbeciles, narcissists and deviants who have seized control of Congress, the ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The US empire self-destructs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/chris-hedges-the-us-empire-self-destructs/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The US empire self-destructs">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Sawsan Madina I watched US President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week in utter disbelief. Not that the idea, or indeed the practice, of ethnic cleansing of Palestine is new. But at that press conference the mask has fallen. Recently, fascism has been on the march ... <a title="Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/trumps-riviera-plan-for-gaza-heralds-an-age-of-naked-fascism/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism">Read more</a>
