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March 22, 2024
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas. The “subclass 600” temporary visas were approved between last November and February for Palestinians with close and immediate family connections. Families of those fleeing Gaza, and organisations assisting Palestinians to leave ... <a title="Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/under-pressure-australia-reinstates-some-visas-to-gazans-fleeing-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with ties to this country. More than 30 organisations — including World Vision, Save the Children and Greenpeace — have sent an open letter to ministers, calling on them to step ... <a title="NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/nz-government-urged-to-help-evacuate-palestinians-from-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Paul Gregoire in Sydney One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that the first of three second-hand Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines supposed to arrive in 2032 may not happen. Former coalition prime minister Scott Morrison announced AUKUS in September 2021 and Albanese ... <a title="Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/nuclear-submarines-may-never-appear-but-aukus-is-already-in-place/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
By Jessica Corbett The Elders chair Mary Robinson has highlighted the unique leverage that the United States has with Israel and called on the Biden administration to stop giving it military assistance for its assault on the Gaza Strip. Robinson, the former president of Ireland, conducted an on-camera interview with Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís ... <a title="Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/elders-chair-mary-robinson-calls-for-biden-to-stop-arming-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
Democracy Now! Acclaimed journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Democracy Now! to discuss US media coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza and how the war is a genocide being abetted by the United States. Hasan says US media is overwhelmingly pro-Israel and fails to convey the truth to audiences. “Palestinian voices not being on American television ... <a title="Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/mehdi-hasan-on-genocide-in-gaza-and-the-silencing-of-palestinian-voices-in-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The United States’ airdrops of aid into Gaza are a textbook case of cognitive dissonance on the part of the US administration — dropping food while continuing to send Israel bombs with which to pulverise Gaza, reports Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post. And, says the media watch programme presenter Richard Gizbert, the ... <a title="‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/who-is-the-superpower-the-us-or-israel-al-jazeera-on-the-absurdity-of-airdrops-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2024
Jana Fayyad, a Palestinian activist, had some sharp words about “the silence of Western feminists” at International Women’s Day, asking in her address to the Palestine rally in Sydney last Saturday: “Are you only progressive until Palestine?” No Palestinian speaker had been asked to address the annual protest the previous day and Fayyad did not mince her ... <a title="Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/activist-criticises-western-feminist-silence-on-palestines-brave-women/" aria-label="Read more about Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2024
The War on Gaza will be etched in the memories of generations to come — the brutality of Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, and the ferocity of Israel’s retaliation. In this Four Corners investigative report, The Forever War, broadcast in Australia last night, ABC’s global affairs editor John Lyons asks the tough questions — challenging ... <a title="‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/the-forever-war-abc-four-corners-reports-on-the-assault-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2024
PNG Post-Courier A ceasefire is expected on the battlefields of Wapenamanda in Papua New Guinea’s Enga Province that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused massive destruction to properties in three constituencies. According to lead peace negotiator and Enga Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka, a ceasefire agreement is anticipated to be signed this week among three ... <a title="Talks herald Wapenamanda massacre ceasefire in PNG tribal warfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/12/talks-herald-wapenamanda-massacre-ceasefire-in-png-tribal-warfare/" aria-label="Read more about Talks herald Wapenamanda massacre ceasefire in PNG tribal warfare">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing. PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko and the Indonesian ambassador to the Pacific nation, Andriana Supandy, convened a press briefing in Port Moresby on February 29 to declare the ratification. The agreement enables an enhancement ... <a title="Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/11/question-for-png-foreign-minister-tkatchenko-what-does-the-defence-pact-mean-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli’s genocidal war on Gaza took today part in a rally in Auckland’s Te Komititanga Square and a march up Queen Street in the business heart of New Zealand’s largest city. This was one of a series of protests across ... <a title="‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/10/not-complicated-over-killing-children-swarbrick-tells-gaza-ceasefire-rally/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally">Read more</a>
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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>
