Yearly Archives: 2026
Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank
While the world has focused on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank....
Maher Nazzal: The Epstein Files – the real scandal is the silence
COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal
The Epstein Files were never just about one man.
Jeffrey Epstein didn’t operate in a vacuum. His crimes were grotesque, systematic, and,...
NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand protesters have again spotlighted the country’s stake in US space militarisation today and speakers branded Rocket Lab as an alleged...
Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s streets
COMMENTARY: By Stuart Rees
The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper...
Israel could collapse before its centennial, warns retired Israeli general
By Zein Khalil
Retired Israeli Major-General Itzhak Brik has warned that Israel could collapse before reaching the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2048, citing...
Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against peaceful protesters
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International Australia has condemned the "unnecessary and disproportionate" and "shocking" use of force by the NSW police against peaceful protesters demonstrating...
Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of totalitarian predator injustice...
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
Citizen journalists bring to our attention the truths that we need to know. Being a witness to such truths is different...
Sydney police brutality over Herzog – an open letter to Premier Minns
OPEN LETTER: By James Ricketson
Dear Premier Chris Minns
I was arrested outside the Sydney Town Hall on Monday evening charged with assaulting a police officer.
During...
US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations
RNZ Pacific
The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for "significant corruption", the US Department of...
NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters
By Pip Hinman in Gadigal Country/Sydney
NSW Premier Chris Minns is sounding even more defensive after videos of NSW police violence towards peaceful protesters in...
Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael West and Stephanie Tran
Amid revelations of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the Australian government and media have...
Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
More than 11,000 km separate the Northern Mariana Islands from Gaza and Israel.
But the...
PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand war graves in...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has called on the New Zealand government to condemn Israel’s desecration of its war graves in...
Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion
By Wendy Bacon
On the eve of his Australian tour, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog faces huge opposition to his visit.
In a “National Day of Protest”,...
Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and Fiji
COMMENTARY: By Jim Sanday
When peace is being designed, Fiji is not invited into the room.
When peace needs enforcing, Fiji is asked to send soldiers.
That...
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to...
Writing in The Guardian on Thursday, UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Israeli President Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia,...
Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices
Asia Pacific Report
Speakers contrasted and condemned settler colonialism strategies in Aotearoa New Zealand and Israel's illegal occupation and genocide in Palestine at a feisty...
Caitlin Johnstone: The US keeps openly admitting it deliberately caused the Iran protests
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee this week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explicitly stated that the US deliberately caused a...
Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi
By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist
Climate change has been a key focus for iwi leaders gathering at Waitangi this week, as coastal communities...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post guts staff in news cover ‘bloodbath’
The New Arab
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, began widespread layoffs this week that will drastically shrink the size of the...
Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining
RNZ Pacific
The Green Party is celebrating the decision to decline plans to mine the Taranaki seabed.
In a draft decision on Thursday, the fast-track approvals...
Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon faced sustained heckling and had to fend off questions about a revived...



































