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Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli

October 15, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone It’s bizarre how little mainstream attention is given to the fact that the President of the United States has repeatedly confessed to being bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli, especially given how intensely fixated his political opposition was on the possibility that he was compromised by a foreign government ... <a title="Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/15/trump-keeps-admitting-that-he-is-bought-and-owned-by-the-worlds-richest-israeli/" aria-label="Read more about Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the world’s richest Israeli">Read more</a>

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Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza media blockade

October 15, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch supports the call by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for justice for the victims of crimes against journalists in Gaza, and its demand for immediate access to the Palestinian enclave for exiled journalists and foreign press. The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, confirmed ... <a title="Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza media blockade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/15/pacific-media-watch-backs-rsf-call-for-urgent-end-to-gaza-media-blockade/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza media blockade">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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Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’

October 14, 2025

RNZ Pacific Pesi Siale Fonua, a veteran Pacific journalist and the publisher-editor of Tonga’s leading news website Matangi Tonga Online, has died at the age of 78. Fonua’s family announced his passing on Monday. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Pesi Siale Fonua (78), well known Pacific Islands journalist, publisher ... <a title="Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/tributes-pour-in-for-matangi-tonga-founder-pesi-siale-fonua-a-steady-voice-of-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’">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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IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza

October 13, 2025

Pacific Media Watch The global peak journalism body has condemned the targeting, harassment, and censorship by lobby groups of Australian journalists for reporting critically on Israel’s war on Gaza. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), said in a statement they were attempts to ... <a title="IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/ifj-condemns-australian-lobby-censorship-bids-to-silence-reporting-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza">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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Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today

October 12, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one ... <a title="Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/massacre-of-gaza-journalists-triggers-rsfs-black-monday-protest-today/" aria-label="Read more about Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today">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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Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos

October 11, 2025

By Anthea Grape in Manila Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is vital to nation-building. It empowers Filipinos to make informed decisions by fostering critical thinking, strengthening media awareness and encouraging responsible digital use. This call was echoed last week when United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and MediaQuest’s THINKaMuna campaign representatives came together ... <a title="Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/think-click-share-making-media-literacy-fun-for-filipinos/" aria-label="Read more about Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos">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>