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October 18, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto The Aotearoa New Zealand government announcement of $5 million in humanitarian aid to “Israel, Gaza and the West Bank” is a cowardly, shameful response to Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. The priority for Gaza is not bandages and aspirins — they need loud voices condemning Israeli genocide. ... <a title="John Minto: A shameful NZ response to genocide of Palestinians in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/18/john-minto-a-shameful-nz-response-to-genocide-of-palestinians-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A shameful NZ response to genocide of Palestinians in Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The referendum on the indigenous Voice in Australia last Saturday was an historic event. Australians were asked to vote on whether to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia in the Constitution through an indigenous Voice. The voters were asked to vote “yes” or ... <a title="‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/no-to-australias-indigenous-voice-a-devastating-wake-up-call-for-resistance-to-colonialism/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. However, the Labour government has been deathly ... <a title="John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/john-minto-a-prime-minister-with-gaza-blood-on-his-hands/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even more terrifying attacks on Palestinian urban neighbourhoods in Gaza, the media across many parts of Asia tend to take a more neutral stand in comparison with their Western counterparts. A ... <a title="Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/asian-states-shocked-by-hamas-raids-but-no-blind-support-for-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mouin Rabbani Almost 50 years to the day after the joint Egyptian-Syrian offensive that launched the 1973 October War, Israel has once again been caught with its pants down. On this occasion its briefs were dangling from its ankles as well. Operation Al Aqsa Storm, as Hamas named its 7 October 2023 offensive ... <a title="Operation Al Aqsa Storm: How, why, and where to now in Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/11/operation-al-aqsa-storm-how-why-and-where-to-now-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Operation Al Aqsa Storm: How, why, and where to now in Gaza?">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, Fred Albert, Sue Berman and Justine Sachs of the Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ) Hamas has responded to Israel’s escalating violence with an unprecedented attack. This is not a new tragedy; it is an extension of the same old cycle. We grieve all the losses of this calamity, and we call on ... <a title="Gaza blockade: Hamas’s tragic attack a response to longterm and escalating, immediate violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/09/gaza-blockade-hamass-tragic-attack-a-response-to-longterm-and-escalating-immediate-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza blockade: Hamas’s tragic attack a response to longterm and escalating, immediate violence">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto The Hamas attack on Israel yesterday has brought the usual round of systemic misreporting by New Zealand news outlets as they repost stories from the BBC, AP and Reuters which bend the truth in favour of Israeli narratives of “terrorism” and “victimhood”. The worst comes from the BBC which is dutifully ... <a title="John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and Palestinian resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/08/john-minto-systemic-nz-misreporting-on-israeli-occupation-of-palestine-and-palestinian-resistance/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and Palestinian resistance">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French desk correspondent After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week’s French Polynesia sitting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24) — but the French delegate did not deliver the message that pro-independence French Polynesian groups wanted to hear. French Polynesia was re-inscribed to the ... <a title="France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/05/france-ends-10-year-un-empty-chair-decolonisation-snub-over-polynesia/" aria-label="Read more about France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have denounced the Rome Agreement of 30 September 1962 as “illegal” during protest speeches marking the 61st anniversary last Saturday. The groups gathered at several places throughout Indonesia to hold peaceful protests and speeches. The protesters ... <a title="West Papuan, Indonesian youth protest over ‘illegal’ 1962 Rome Agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/05/west-papuan-indonesian-youth-protest-over-illegal-1962-rome-agreement/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan, Indonesian youth protest over ‘illegal’ 1962 Rome Agreement">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) supporters are livid Labour is refusing to recognise the state of Palestine a full 104 years after the first Palestinian calls for an independent state. It’s a disgraceful decision, both unprincipled and cowardly. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson confirmed this decision when answering questions here: Q ... <a title="John Minto: NZ’s Labour refuses to recognise Palestine – even after 104 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/05/john-minto-nzs-labour-refuses-to-recognise-palestine-even-after-104-years/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: NZ’s Labour refuses to recognise Palestine – even after 104 years">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Myles Thomas Kia ora koutou. Ko Ngāpuhi tōku iwi. Ko Ngāti Manu toku hapu. Ko Karetu tōku marae. Ko Myles Thomas toku ingoa. I grew up with David Beatson, on the telly. Back in the 1970s, he read the late news which I watched in bed with my parents. Later, David and I ... <a title="NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/nz-election-2023-how-a-better-funding-model-can-help-media-strengthen-social-cohesion/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion">Read more</a>
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October 2, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto There is a sea change happening in the wider electorate in Aotearoa New Zealand which is counter intuitive to what the polls are saying. On the one hand the public overwhelmingly support much fairer taxation but the polls tell us we will have an Act/National government in a couple of weeks ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/02/nz-election-2023-labours-disconnect-with-the-electorate-and-with-itself/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with itself">Read more</a>