Tag: Gaza

ANALYSIS: By Mouin Rabbani Almost 50 years to the day after the joint Egyptian-Syrian offensive that launched the 1973 October War, Israel has once again...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this...

COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, Fred Albert, Sue Berman and Justine Sachs of the Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ) Hamas has responded to Israel’s escalating violence with...

Asia Pacific Report The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and...

By Wafa Aludaini in Gaza During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims from all corners of the globe come together to celebrate. Each country has...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs and Richard Jackson in Dunedin The New Zealand government’s silence on the thousands of Palestinian deaths in the ongoing Gaza conflict...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller So far, the New Zealand government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Israel destroyed an 11-storey tower block in Gaza that houses offices of US-based Associated Press (AP) and Qatar-based Al Jazeera global...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand's Green Party has condemned the violent and forced displacement of the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah community of East Jerusalem by...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo has condemned the Israeli police violence against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy city of...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...

ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud, recently in New Zealand When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport...

Norwegian citizen Jan Petter Hammervold, 74, makes a ship-recorded plea before being seized by Israeli forces. He was ship’s cook on board Al Awda...

Dr Swee Ang’s “SOS” call broadcast from the Al Awda as the boat was being hijacked in international waters last week. (Poor quality audio...

By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland Unite Union national director Mike Treen arrived in Auckland today and told of his brutal experience at the hands of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Unite union leader Mike Treen, seized and detained by Israeli security forces last weekend along with other human rights campaigners bound...

The Al Jazeera interview about the Israeli "hijacking" of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters on Sunday. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Freedom Flotilla Coalition spokesperson David...

Mike Treen's message via YouTube. (Distorted audio - click on subtitles). Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealander Mike Treen, national director of the Unite Union and...