Tag: Gaza bombardment
Amnesty International accuses Israel of ‘defying’ ICJ ruling over genocide
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International has accused Israel of defying last month's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow...
NZ’s weak criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime too little...
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Winston Peters says Israel’s actions getting ‘out of hand’ ahead of planned Rafah offensive
Prime Minister Christopher...
Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh’s mother dies after he wins global award
Pacific Media Watch
The mother of Al Jazeera’s award-winning Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh has died at a hospital in Gaza due to illness, reports...
Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from...
REVIEW: By David Robie
Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas...
Mediawatch: Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Major media organisations all over the world are copping criticism for the way they’re reporting what’s happening...
RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed
Pacific Media Watch
Global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israeli authorities to end military pactices that "violate international law" with...
Janfrie Wakim: Time to take action over the Gaza bloodshed –...
About 5000 pro-Palestinian supporters gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square and marched down Queen Street today calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in the...
The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel...
ANALYSIS: By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University
American President Joe Biden is among the latest Western politicians to land in Tel Aviv in a...
Donna Miles: We can condemn the Hamas attacks and Israel’s occupation
An Israeli air strike has hit Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands of civilians are seeking medical treatment and shelter from relentless...
Israel-Gaza conflict: NZ govt providing $5m towards humanitarian aid
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is putting $5 million to address urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza, Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The initial contribution...
Pro-Palestine supporters call on Auckland Museum to apologise over lights fiasco
Asia Pacific Report
A peace researcher and other pro-Palestinian supporters are calling on Auckland Museum to apologise over a furore about the "unethical" lighting of...
Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for...
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore
In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even...
Jakarta workers protest outside US Embassy, call for end to Hamas-Israeli...
By Novianti Setuningsih in Jakarta
Many labour organisations have protested in front of the US Embassy in Central Jakarta, calling for an end to the...
IPI calls for respect of journalists’ safety amid Israel-Hamas war
Pacific Media Watch
The International Press Institute (IPI) global network has called on all parties involved in the ongoing hostilities in Israel and Gaza to...
Israel-Gaza crisis: NZ must condemn atrocities but keep pushing for a...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
It was perhaps inevitable that the shock Hamas attack on Israel would become a minor election sideshow in...
Palestine double standards: Ten lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
ANALYSIS: By Professor Hatem Bazian
Ten lessons to be learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the war rages into its second week.
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Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same...
COMMENT: By Marilyn Garson in Wellington
I lived in Gaza from 2011, through the attack of 2014, and for one year after. I am not...
Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine
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Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...
‘Give us 10 minutes’ – how Israel bombed a Gaza media...
By Colin Peacock, Mediawatch presenter
So many Palestinians have died in the attacks on Gaza in the past fortnight - and people in Israel...
Gaza conflict: No matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still...
ANALYSIS: By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes...
Israeli onslaught against Gaza continues: ‘But we are still alive!’
A heartfelt message from a sister in Gaza to her brother
We are still fine. The "war front" in our neighborhood is still somewhat quiet,...
Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians
COMMENTARY: By Golriz Ghahraman
Tomorrow I will move a motion calling on the New Zealand Parliament to join the Green Party in recognising the rights...