Tag: genocide
Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women
By Peter Boyle in Gadigal Sydney
Jana Fayyad, a Palestinian activist, had some sharp words about “the silence of Western feminists” at International Women's Day,...
‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault...
Pacific Media Watch
The War on Gaza will be etched in the memories of generations to come -- the brutality of Hamas's 7 October 2023...
‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally
Asia Pacific Report
About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli's genocidal war on Gaza today took part in a...
Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
About 25 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed the Auckland headquarters of Radio New Zealand today in the second of two demonstrations claiming that media...
Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC...
ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell, Australian National University
In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the...
Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians
By Alex Bainbridge, Peter Boyle, Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Jordan Ellis, Alex Salmon, Stephen W Enciso and Khaled Ghannam of Green Left
Thousands marched for...
DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure...
NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
New Zealand has taken another shameful act in its tone deaf approach to Israel’s War on Gaza this week by declaring...
NZ news media under fire for ‘bias, propaganda’ in Gaza coverage
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand news media came under fire at today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war...
Other nations are applying sanctions and going to court over Gaza...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
Despite the carnage, United Nations resolutions and international court rulings, Israel's war in Gaza has the potential to...
Al Jazeera’s Bishara says ICJ critics ‘demolished shameless defences’ of Israel...
Pacific Media Watch
The International Court of Justice (ICC) has held its last day of hearings examining the legality of Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian...
‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza...
Kia Ora Gaza
The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to...
Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip
While telling today's Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about "good news" over creative humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza,...
John Minto: Why is mainstream media in NZ so blatantly ignoring...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Why is Aotearoa New Zealand media so silent on the Gaza genocide happening before our eyes?
Amid unreported-in-Aotearoa media stories of horrific...
Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ
Asia Pacific Report
A Fiji human rights advocacy coalition has condemned Fiji's "profoundly troubling" stance as being one of only two countries supporting continued illegal...
Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan pro-independence leader has accused Indonesia of new human rights atrocities this week while the republic has apparently elected a...
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...
Pacific protesters feature in NZ rally against Israel’s war on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
Pacific protesters were prominent in the 17th week of Aotearoa New Zealand solidarity demonstrations for Palestine and a ceasefire in Israel's genocidal...
Pressure must go on Israel to comply with World Court genocide...
Aotearoa New Zealand must ramp up pressure on Israel to abide by last month’s International Court of Justice ruling, writes John Minto.
COMMENTARY: By John...
Canberra ‘ignores public’ over Gaza war – UNRWA fund cuts...
Asia Pacific Report
Senator and deputy leader of the Australian Greens party Mehreen Faruqi says the survival of millions of people in Gaza depends on...
Indonesian and Papuan protesters call for ‘Palestine independence’
Asia Pacific Report
Several democratic, progressive and socialist organisations in Indonesia and in the Melanesian region of West Papua have come together in solidarity with...
Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former...
Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who led the UN Development Programme which oversees UNRWA, told RNZ Morning Report today it...