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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst

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May 13, 2026
Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture
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Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars

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‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global...

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Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump
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Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila
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UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

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May 7, 2026
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Two foreign activists -- Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish Palestinian Saif Abukeshek -- from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were kidnapped and taken to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May 3 and again two days later
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Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution

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May 6, 2026
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PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi
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NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...

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PINA president Kalafi Moala
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Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...

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"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month
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Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

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May 5, 2026
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PSNA secretary Neil Scott
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Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...

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Amnesty International’s report comes as multiple conflicts rage across the world
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April 22, 2026
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A rally against the war on Iran in Auckland, New Zealand, last weekend
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Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...

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PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal (from left), councillor Julie Fairey and Kathy Ross
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Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies

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A "dove of peace" in Iran
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Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their...

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April 14, 2026
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally
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Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

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April 11, 2026
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The Iran fiasco is only the latest in a host of examples revealing how to defeat US President Donald Trump
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Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time

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Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

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April 8, 2026
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Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire
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Wellington City Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman
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Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent...

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April 7, 2026
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Protesters at a New Zealand rally against the US-Israel war on Iran and the Israeli genocide in Gaza
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NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio

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April 6, 2026
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Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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