Tag: Gaza starvation
‘We died a thousand times’: Freed Palestinian detainees describe horrific torture
SPECIAL REPORT: By Romana Rubeo
Hundreds of Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent days have described scenes of systematic torture, starvation, and humiliation.
Their accounts,...
What Trump said and didn’t say in obscene genocide tribute in...
COMMENTARY: By Belén Fernández
United States President Donald Trump had the time of his life on Monday at the Israeli Knesset, where he was welcomed...
Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch supports the call by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for justice for the victims...
Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for...
COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad
On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now...
PSNA cautiously welcomes Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has "cautiously welcomed" the Gaza ceasefire and proposed exchange of hostages...
Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this...
RNZ News
New Zealand police say planning is well underway ahead of a pro-Palestinian march that will shut the Auckland Harbour bridge later this month.
The...
How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide
COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello
I am alarmed by reports that Filipino journalists were flown in by the Israeli government to participate in what is essentially...
There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians...
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell
"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has 'lost the plot' and has condemned attacks on Gaza.
"It is...
Palestinian journalists treated like ‘robots’ by Western media, says Gaza reporter...
Pacific Media Watch
An Al Jazeera journalist who has documented Israel's trail of atrocities for almost the past two years has condemned Western news agencies...
Photojournalist resigns from Reuters over its ‘betrayal of journalists’ in Gaza
By Asiye Latife Yilmaz in Istanbul
Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has resigned after eight years with Reuters, criticising the news agency’s stance on Gaza as...
Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media
Pacific Media Watch
Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, criticising the quality...
NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza
RNZ News
New Zealand has joined more than two dozen other countries to call for "immediate and independent" foreign media access to Gaza.
Earlier this month,...
PSNA condemns NZ ‘distraction’ over sanctions needed against Israel
Asia Pacific Report
The advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand's "deliberate distraction" over sanctions against Israel and has vowed...
NZ is trailing its allies over Palestinian statehood – but there’s...
ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had...
Saige England: Why I have spent a decade proudly standing with...
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
I unequivocally support Irish author Sally Rooney with all my heart and soul. The author risks imprisonment for donating funds from...
When journalists like Anas al-Sharif are killed we lose access to...
Journalists like Anas al-Sharif who report the truth in Gaza to the world and are targeted by Israel deserve protection, not just sympathy.
COMMENTARY: By...
Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right...
Pacific Media Watch
The New Zealand Green Party co-leader suspended over criticising government MPs over a "spineless" stance over Gaza has called for action.
Greens co-leader...
‘Will I make it back alive?’: Gaza journalists tell of being...
Pacific Media Watch
Palestinian journalists have long known Gaza to be the most dangerous place on earth for media workers, but Israel’s attack on a...
Pro-Palestinian protests across NZ call on government to sanction Israel
RNZ News
Protesters staged pro-Palestinian demonstrations across Aotearoa New Zealand at the weekend, calling on the government to place sanctions on Israel for its war...
Gerard Otto on Palestine, genocide and the media: ‘Not if –...
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto
This morning there is no article on the political page of The New Zealand Herald about the plight of people in...
Luxon ‘grow a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ...
Asia Pacific Report
"Grow a spine for Palestine!" was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand's largest city...
Gordon Campbell: The lack of spine in New Zealand’s foreign policy...
ANALYSIS: By Gordon Campbell
The word “Gaza” is taking on similar connotations to what the word “Auschwitz” meant to a previous generation. It signifies a...