Tag: Humanitarian aid
Australia’s Wong condemns ‘abhorrent, outrageous’ Israeli comments over blocked aid
Asia Pacific Report
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has released a statement saying “the Israeli government cannot allow the suffering to continue” after the UN’s...
Israel slammed over ‘cynical’ sidestep of global rulings on Gazan humanitarian...
Asia Pacific Report
Israel has been accused of "manipulation" and "cynical" circumvention of global decisions calling for unrestricted humanitarian aid access to the besieged Gaza...
NZ joins call for Israel to allow full resumption of aid...
RNZ News
New Zealand has joined 22 other countries and the European Union in calling for Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into...
NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand Māori Council and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa made a high profile appeal to Foreign Minister Winston Peters over Gaza...
Gaza-bound aid ship attacked by ‘Israeli piracy’ in talks with Malta
Pacific Media Watch
An international NGO seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea says it has been in talks with Malta’s government about...
Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla...
Asia Pacific Report
A human rights agency has called for an investigation into the drone attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid ship Conscience with...
New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case...
Asia Pacific Report
The advocacy group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned the New Zealand government fpr failing to make a humanitarian submission to the...
PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has launched an open letter calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to take action on...
Israel resumes its war crimes in Gaza – AJ’s Listening...
Pacific Media Watch
Seven weeks into the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has openly resumed its war crimes in Gaza -- blocking humanitarian aid -- with...
RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of...
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed support for Gaza's media professionals and called on Israel to urgently lift...
NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian...
Asia Pacific Report
One of the leading Palestinian solidarity groups in Aotearoa New Zealand has demanded that the government condemn Israel’s cutting off of all...
Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has accused Israel of "blackmail" over aid for Gaza and urged the US government to act more...
Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations
Asia Pacific Report
The State of Palestine has submitted a written plea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) asking it for an advisory opinion...
Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US...
By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist
A Palestinian man living in Aotearoa New Zealand who has lost 55 relatives in three Israeli airstrikes on...
Israel jeopardising ‘any prospect of peace’, says UNRWA chief
The New Arab
Implementation of Israel's ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA will be disastrous, the aid agency's chief has told the Security...
Aid agencies set to boost humanitarian help for Gaza – MSF...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Nations tasked with providing humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza -- and the only one that can do...
Chris Hedges: The Gaza ceasefire charade
Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every...
Israel’s planned expulsion of UNRWA – time for UN to walk...
COMMENTARY: By Chris Gunness
'In Gaza, only UNRWA has the infrastructure to distribute aid to scale, such as vehicles, warehouses, distribution centres and staff. However,...
‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
We turn to Israel’s war on Gaza. A special UN...
‘Outrageous’, ‘intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’ – world condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban
Asia Pacific Report
The United Nations and countries across the globe have denounced Israel after its Parliament -- the Knesset -- overwhelmingly passed two laws...
Turkey-based Freedom Flotilla aid ships put ‘on hold’ but Handala still...
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has told supporters that the "Break the Siege" aid project for besieged Gaza from Turkey has been put...
Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand activists Youssef Sammour and Rana Hamida have been selected to join the volunteer crew on the international Freedom Flotilla ship...