Tag: Gaza blockade
Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli treatment
Asia Pacific Report
One of the three New Zealanders on the Global Sumud Flotilla who were among the hundreds kidnapped by the Israeli military illegally...
Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Nadda Osman
Activists freed from Israeli detention following the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have reported that they were subjected to...
Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...
COMMENTARY: By Shameen Suleman
Britain. France. Canada. Italy. Spain. Belgium. The Netherlands. Poland. Australia. New Zealand . . . The European Union. The United Nations...
Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...
ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Mansour
A video posted by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting abducted flotilla activists who...
Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...
By Beyza Binnur Donmez in Strasbourg
Spanish Member of the European Parliament Irene Montero has accused the European Union (EU) of failing to protect European...
Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained
By Niva Chittock, RNZ WorldWatch presenter/producer
New Zealand has joined international condemnation of Israel's far-right national security minister, even summoning the Israeli ambassador to convey...
Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand needs to summon Israeli ambassador to protest over the illegal and brutal treatment of Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian aid activists...
Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global...
Asia Pacific Report
Three New Zealanders are being illegally held hostage by the Israeli military after security forces boarded more than 50 boats of the...
Greenpeace calls on global govts to ensure safety of Gaza flotilla...
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace International has condemned Israeli armed forces for illegally attacking a peaceful Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters for the second...
Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...
Asia Pacific Report
Türkiye has condemned Israel’s intervention against the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, describing it as “a new act of piracy”,...
Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography
By Kim Wingerei
Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s...
Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Forough Amin in her opinion piece “The consequences of selective morality” (The Press, 28 April 2026) argues that the Palestine solidarity...
After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New Zealand government has done nothing after...
Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...
RNZ News
The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being intercepted by Israel.
It said 22 boats...
NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...
RNZ News
The wife of one of the New Zealanders in the flotilla intercepted by Israel in international waters says he has a concussion and...
Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Brett Wilkins
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has slammed European leaders -- and the West at large -- for what he...
Global Sumud Flotilla heads from Barcelona to break Gaza blockade
Asia Pacific Report
A group of 39 boats known as the Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail from Barcelona to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza,...
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza
By Brett Wilkins
Greenpeace International has announced that the MY Arctic Sunrise -- one of its largest vessels -- will be taking part in the...
Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza
By Joshua Carroll
A global coalition of activists is preparing to launch the largest ever flotilla of aid ships aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade...
The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute
The Palestine Chronicle
New Zealand activist Roger Fowler, a longtime Gaza solidarity organiser and Palestine Chronicle contributor, who died last Saturday, leaves a legacy of...
The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report...
Asia Pacific Report
In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal.
They...
Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70...
The New Arab
Israeli soldiers have said that they were ordered to open fire at unarmed Palestinian civilians desperately seeking aid at designated distribution sites...



































