Tag: Humanitarian aid
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...
PNG landslide: Thousands on standby for evacuation amid fears of new...
RNZ Pacific
Close to 8000 people have been told to be on standby for evacuation from a landslide-prone area in the Highlands of Papua New...
NZ delivers humanitarian supplies to disaster-hit PNG provinces
PNG Post-Courier
New Zealand High Commissioner Peter Zwart and PNG Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph welcomed a C-130 Hercules to Port Moresby this week to...
Rafah ‘last place of safety’ in Gaza, UN aid boss warns
RNZ News
As Israel presses ahead with strikes in Rafah and seizing the Rafah crossing from Egypt, aid agencies are sounding the alarm of a...
Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla is ready to sail to Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza.
All the required paperwork has been submitted to the port...
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...
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...
NZ called on to demand Israel ends ‘inhumane blockade’, and give...
Asia Pacific Report
Three Palestinian solidarity groups have joined the humanitarian aid charity Kia Ora Gaza in calling on New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon...