Tag: Israeli apartheid
Why Jimmy Carter’s opposition to Israeli apartheid failed to secure peace
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! As we continue our discussion of President Jimmy Carter’s legacy, we look at his policies in the...
Palestinian solidarity activists call for ‘action’ in BDS boycott over Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestine solidarity advocate today appealed to New Zealanders to shed their feelings of powerlessness over the Gaza genocide and "take action"...
The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and...
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...
Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis...
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand's ASB Tennis Classic in...
NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements
Asia Pacific Report
Christchurch, New Zealand's third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business...
From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate...
Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation.
By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders
Many in the international...
Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against...
By David Robie
Former New Zealand attorney-general David Parker spoke on day 295 of Israel' genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today, condemning the National-led...
UN to vote over reviving Palestine’s bid for membership as Biden...
Pacific Media Watch
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote later today on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to...
‘Repair colonial violence’ and support Gaza ceasefire, say Otago academics
Asia Pacific Report
Following an open letter by Auckland University academics speaking out in support of their students' right to protest against the genocidal Israeli...
Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up...
Asia Pacific Report
A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga...
Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney
Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas.
The “subclass...
Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have...
NZ Palestine protesters praise Irish solidarity over Gaza on St Patrick’s...
Asia Pacific Report
Speakers at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland’s Takutai Square today hailed the strong stance of Ireland over Israel’s genocidal war against...
John Minto: Why are Israeli attacks on UNRWA so much more...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Unfortunately there was no discussion of foreign policy during Aotearoa New Zealand's general election last year. Aside from the odd obligatory...
Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells...
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
A Palestinian advocate has appealed to the New Zealand government to call for a permanent ceasefire in...
War on Gaza: The US plan to revamp Palestinian Authority is...
ANALYSIS: By Samer Jaber
For two months now, the United States and other Western countries backing Israel have been talking about “the day after” in...
The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel...
ANALYSIS: By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University
American President Joe Biden is among the latest Western politicians to land in Tel Aviv in a...
John Minto: A shameful NZ response to genocide of Palestinians in...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The Aotearoa New Zealand government announcement of $5 million in humanitarian aid to “Israel, Gaza and the West Bank” is a...
John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The Hamas attack on Israel yesterday has brought the usual round of systemic misreporting by New Zealand news outlets as they...
Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy...
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...
‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on...
Though the Oslo Accords and its signatories made many promises to the Palestinians, in reality, it carved Palestine up into bantustans and ghettos with...
John Minto: Kudos to Jane Campion for saying no to apartheid...
By John Minto
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) congratulates New Zealand film director Jane Campion over her request for her 1989 debut film Sweetie to...