Tag: Gaza genocide
NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters is putting off recognition of Palestine as a state, despite opposition...
Activists defy Israel with Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla and humanitarian aid
By Salwa Amor in Istanbul
Palestine solidarity activists are preparing a flotilla to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, vowing to break Israel's blockade...
‘Stop detracting from Israel’s barbaric crimes’ in Gaza plea from Freedom...
Asia Pacific Report
Hours ago, the news media reported that Israel has attacked Iran. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition publicly declared that it is reminding the...
Rousing farewell for Kiwi doctors flying out to Gaza aid flotilla
Kia Ora Gaza
A passionate haka reverberated through Auckland International Airport as a medical team of three New Zealand doctors received an emotional farewell from...
Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described...
PSNA’s Minto slams Peters over ‘bluster’ speech on Gaza at UN
Asia Pacific Report
The leader of a New Zealand solidarity group of Palestinian self-determination supporters has accused the country's Foreign Minister Winston Peters of making...
NZ’s Peters criticises Security Council at UN, says Gaza ‘a wasteland’
RNZ News
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has told the United Nations the situation in Gaza is an "utter catastrophe" and criticised the...
More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’...
Asia Pacific Report
Nour Odeh, a Palestinian political analyst, says that the US is more likely to move in the “right direction” when it comes...
APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific media commentator and Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie has criticised New Zealand media coverage of Israel's war on Gaza, describing...
Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to...
From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated...
Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break...
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand charity providing humanitarian aid for Gaza today revealed more details of the international Freedom Flotilla's bid to break the...
‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire
RNZ News
Hundreds of people holding empty plates gathered in central Auckland today demanding the New Zealand government call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Protesters at...
16,000 sign NZ petition urging more support for Gaza – tabled...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
A petition urging the New Zealand government to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people has been...
Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire...
COMMENTARY: Jewish Voice for Peace
The UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday -- and for the first...
Next Freedom Flotilla nearly ready to sail for Gaza with NZ...
Asia Pacific Report
Two of the global Freedom Flotilla ships are being prepared in Turkey and almost ready for the upcoming humanitarian mission to Gaza.
It...
As Israel blocks more UN aid, Gaza is on the brink...
DEMOCRACY NOW! Presented by Amy Goodman
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! -- The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
We turn to Gaza, where...
NZ protesters call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over Gaza atrocities
Asia Pacific Report
A leader of one of New Zealand's main Palestine solidarity groups today called on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador and...
ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza...
Pacific Media Watch
Editorial staff at Australia's public broadcaster ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior...
Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney
Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas.
The “subclass...
NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with...
Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have...