Monthly Archives: February 2025
How the Palestine Authority and Israel are allies in silencing the truth
COMMENTARY: By Eman Mohammed
On December 28, 21-year-old student journalist Shatha Al-Sabbagh was assassinated near her home in Jenin. Her family accused snipers from the...
Palestine prisoners’ release ‘symbolic win’ showing unity in face of occupation, says academic
Asia Pacific Report
Sultan Barakat, a professor at Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, says the release of Palestinian prisoners is a “symbolic win” rather than...
‘Ignore Trump’s bully’ and take stand over genocide, PSNA tells Peters
Asia Pacific Report
A defiant Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national chair, John Minto, has appealed to Aotearoa New Zealand to stand with the "majority...
Indonesia’s amnesty plan for West Papua independence fighters greeted with scepticism
By Victor Mambor and Tria Dianti
The Indonesian government’s proposal to grant amnesty to pro-independence rebels in West Papua has stirred scepticism as the administration...
Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians
Why has any discussion about Israel, its violations of international law, and the international legal expectations for third party states to hold IDF soldiers...
UN rapporteur welcomes ‘best news’ — Hague Group coalition pushing for Palestinian state
Asia Pacific Report
UN Special Rapporteur to the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese has hailed the formation of The Hague Group, describing it as the...
NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau’s inability to engage with NZ difficult to defend
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
There has rightly been much debate and analysis over New Zealand’s decision to review the aid it gives...
Former PNG army commander Jerry Singirok pays tribute to Sir Julius Chan
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The former Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander who defied a government decision to send mercenaries to...
