Tag: Israel
NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
A prominent Palestinian advocate has praised a new book launched last week investigating the history, human consequences and international failures over Israel's...
Pacific Elders’ Voice calls for reversal of Forum partnership with Israel
RNZ Pacific reporters
The Pacific Elders' Voice has called for the Pacific Islands Forum to review and reverse its partnership agreement with Israel.
The group of...
Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any...
COMMENTARY: By Mohamad Kadan
For the majority of Israelis, the general election today is a choice between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the forces that...
‘Strengthening ties’ or ‘shameful’? – why Israel’s new Pacific status is...
By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific
Israel's inclusion into the Pacific region's main political body has drawn sharply contrasting reactions across the region.
While the official...
Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
In what is probably one of its most shameful acts ever, the Pacific Islands Forum...
Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy...
RNZ Pacific reporters
A Fiji deputy prime minister says the Pacific identifies with Israel in ways many would not understand.
Viliame Gavoka, who is also the...
‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has "serious questions to answer" over Israel becoming a partner of the region's...
US envoy seeks ‘termination’ of UN decolonisation committee, slams Pacific ‘junkets’
Asia Pacific Report
Ambassador Tammy Bruce, Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, has called for the UN Decolonisation Committee's mandate to...
Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.
COMMENTARY: By Reza Nasri
Western civilisation has never had a clean record. Its history is soaked in conquest, enslavement, and slaughter. Yet it always took...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia
Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay has received worldwide praise amid derision from Israel and the US, while the Australian and New Zealand governments...
‘Flying High Dubai’ – Michael West Media responds to ABC Media...
ABC Media Watch has accused Michael West of “perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories” online. We say the failure of journalism by ABC and other legacy...
‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...
Democracy Now!
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The Pentagon is sending...
Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine protesters targeted Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre yesterday to highlight the National Aerospace Summit's alleged ties with Israeli military.
The protesters from...
Māori delegates defend controversial ‘Indigenous’ trips to Israel
Te Ao with MOANA / Te Ao Māori News
After facing public scrutiny, some of the members of different Māori delegations to Israel have spoken...
Malcolm Evans: Lipstick on a pig – UK ‘resets’ Israel policy
Asia Pacific Report
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese stated in an interview with The Guardian last week that the 2024 International Court of Justice (ICJ)...
‘Easy decision’ – Naoero becomes third Pacific Islands Forum member with...
By RNZ Pacific reporters
Naoero, formerly known as Nauru, has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the third Pacific Island nation to do so.
Naoero's Vice-President...
Māori delegation’s Israel trip under scrutiny over funding and itinerary
Te Ao Māori News
A delegation of Māori leaders visiting Israel under the banner of "business and innovation" faces public criticism over its timing and...
Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of...
Asia Pacific Report
A pro-Palestine national advocacy and protest group has accused New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as being "derelict in its duties" if...
Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...
OPEN LETTER IN THE DAILY BLOG: By Shane te Pou
Tēnā koe, Te Rangatira
Matua Pita Tipene, I’ve met you several times over the years and...
Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval
Asia Pacific Report
Israel has plans ready to forcibly remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip but is waiting for the United States to figure out...
Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’
The “insidious fallout” of Australia's Bondi Royal Commission is upon us. Before the Commission has even reported, the “slippery slope to eroding our freedoms...
‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...
COMMENTARY: By Brett Wilkins
Still drawing international censure for his genocidal call to kill dozens of Gazans daily, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has...


































