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Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me

October 24, 2025

Returning to Aotearoa after half a year in the occupied West Bank, Cole Martin says a peace deal that fails to address the root causes — and ignores the brutal reality of life for Palestinians — is no peace deal at all. A ceasefire in Gaza last week brought scenes reminiscent of January’s brief pause ... <a title="Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/24/cole-martin-the-gaza-ceasefire-isnt-the-end-what-six-months-in-palestine-showed-me/" aria-label="Read more about Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me">Read more</a>

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Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away

October 21, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis have beaten unconscious the man most likely to help realise a sustainable end to the conflict: Marwan Barghouti. The ethnocentrism of Western culture is such that 20 Israeli hostages received vastly more coverage than thousands of ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/eugene-doyle-palestinian-mandela-beaten-unconscious-western-leaders-yawned-and-looked-away/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away">Read more</a>

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Caitlin Johnstone: They said the massacres would stop when the hostages were released. They haven’t stopped.

October 19, 2025

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Last year I banged out an angry rant about the way Israel supporters would yell “release the hostages!” at anyone who talked about the latest massacre of Palestinian civilians, saying Hamas was to blame for the killing because of their refusal to ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: They said the massacres would stop when the hostages were released. They haven’t stopped." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/19/caitlin-johnstone-they-said-the-massacres-would-stop-when-the-hostages-were-released-they-havent-stopped/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: They said the massacres would stop when the hostages were released. They haven’t stopped.">Read more</a>

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Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’

October 14, 2025

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we’ve reported, the Gaza ceasefire deal is in effect. Phase one of the US.-backed 20-point plan is underway. Hamas has released all 20 living captives. Israel has released almost 2000 Palestinians in Ramallah and now in Khan Younis ... <a title="Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/israeli-historian-ilan-pappe-despite-ceasefire-palestinians-still-face-elimination-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’">Read more</a>

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After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war

October 13, 2025

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Israel’s government has approved the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, that includes a pause in Israeli attacks and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons — 20 living hostages were freed today coinciding with President Trump’s visit to Israel ... <a title="After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/after-gaza-ceasefire-massive-political-pressure-needed-to-prevent-israel-from-restarting-war/" aria-label="Read more about After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war">Read more</a>

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Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country

October 13, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country — Venezuela. The curriculum vitae of the opposition leader hardly lines up with what one would typically associate with a Peace ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/eugene-doyle-the-nobel-peace-laureate-who-calls-for-us-bombing-of-her-own-country/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country">Read more</a>

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Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace

October 12, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now call “the peace plan”. US President Donald Trump, they announced, would go to Cairo to oversee the agreement signing and then to Israel to speak at the Knesset. The air ... <a title="Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/sara-awad-why-gaza-still-looks-to-the-freedom-flotillas-for-true-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace">Read more</a>

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Gerard Otto: Low turnout and rates pressure drive down Māori wards in NZ local elections

October 12, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto of G News Of 42 referendums, 17 voted to retain Māori Wards in Aotearoa New Zealand’s local elections yesterday, which suggests something about where we are at as a nation — but you already knew that right? We all know that it’s only recently that we’ve been attempting to teach New ... <a title="Gerard Otto: Low turnout and rates pressure drive down Māori wards in NZ local elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/gerard-otto-low-turnout-and-rates-pressure-drive-down-maori-wards-in-nz-local-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Gerard Otto: Low turnout and rates pressure drive down Māori wards in NZ local elections">Read more</a>

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Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised

October 11, 2025

This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel’s demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism. Jonathan Cook reflects on Israel’s war on Gaza as the fragile ceasefire takes hold. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook Anniversaries are often a cause for celebration. But who could have imagined back ... <a title="Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/genocide-two-years-on-it-is-the-west-not-gaza-that-must-be-deradicalised/" aria-label="Read more about Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that must be deradicalised">Read more</a>

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Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned

October 10, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto of G News This morning New Zealand Herald columnist and political commentator Matthew Hooton was paid to write an article justifying Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ position on denying Palestinian Statehood on the eve of the first phase of Donald Trump’s 20 point plan while in tandem Peters was interviewed by Ryan ... <a title="Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/10/misleading-justification-column-on-peters-and-palestine-panned/" aria-label="Read more about Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned">Read more</a>

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The Pukpuk Treaty and the future of Papua New Guinea-Australia relations

October 9, 2025

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The signing of the Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty — officially known as the Pukpuk Treaty — marks a defining moment in the modern Pacific order. Framed as a “historic milestone”, the pact re-casts security cooperation between Port Moresby and Canberra while stirring deeper debates about ... <a title="The Pukpuk Treaty and the future of Papua New Guinea-Australia relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/the-pukpuk-treaty-and-the-future-of-papua-new-guinea-australia-relations/" aria-label="Read more about The Pukpuk Treaty and the future of Papua New Guinea-Australia relations">Read more</a>

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John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing

October 8, 2025

New Zealanders deserve to know how the country’s foreign policy is made, writes John Hobbs. ANALYSIS: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains unwilling to support Palestinian statehood recognition at the United Nations General Assembly. This is a disgraceful position which gives support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and seriously undermines our standing. Of ... <a title="John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/john-hobbs-why-new-zealands-repugnant-stance-over-palestine-damages-our-global-standing/" aria-label="Read more about John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing">Read more</a>