Tag: Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
There was only one moment when I was interviewing him last week that Mousa Taher broke down and cried. It was...
‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle
I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, were taken hostage...
US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...
ANALYSIS: Global Sumud Flotilla
As testimonies from the 428 participants illegally kidnapped by the Israeli regime continue to surface, the United States critical role in...
Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture
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...
‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...
COMMENTARY: By Mark Nagalazas
Kudos to the returning Australian pro-Palestinian flotilla activists for not simply focusing on their mistreatment at the hands of the Israeli...
Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...
Asia Pacific Report
An emotional and inspiring welcome greeted two of Aotearoa New Zealand's three Gaza Sumud Flotilla humanitarian activists who arrived home today after...
Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations
COMMENTARY: By Andy Worthington
It’s a sign of Israel’s swaggering sense of impunity, and of the grotesque depravity at the heart of their notions of...
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...
‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture
Michael West Media
Australian activist Zack Schofield says he was illegally detained by the Israeli military after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted in international...
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...
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...
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...
Irish president’s sister, 2 Kiwis among Gaza flotilla activists detained by...
Asia Pacific Report
Irish President Catherine Connolly’s sister is among the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla activists detained by Israeli forces, reports Middle East Monitor.
Dr Margaret...
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”,...
Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
"Whoever uses a citizen ill, indirectly offends the state, which is bound to protect this citizen; and the sovereign should avenge...
‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla...
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealander who took part in the global flotilla trying to break the illegal Gaza siege and who was abducted by...
‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle
New Zealander Jay O’Connor had finished a long but satisfying day as a crew member aboard Eros 1, one of...
UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist
By Jamil Chade
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned Israel, saying it has no right to detain Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila and...
Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
Nothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than the genocide in Gaza and the shipment of tens...
NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has called on the New Zealand government to follow through on its demands that Israel complies...











![Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations "The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ben-Gvir-actists-AW-680wide-324x160.png)











![‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global Sumud Flotilla "Everyone was taken by surprise [with the Israeli military attack]"](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sumud-flotilla-attack-Sol-680wide-324x160.png)












