Tag: Itamar Ben Gvir
‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle
I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, were taken hostage...
Why the Middle East needs a strong Iran-Turkey alliance to foil...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
In my view, the greatest source of instability in the Middle East today is the increasingly aggressive and expansionary posture of...
Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...
Asia Pacific Report
An emotional and inspiring welcome greeted two of Aotearoa New Zealand's three Gaza Sumud Flotilla humanitarian activists who arrived home today after...
Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations
COMMENTARY: By Andy Worthington
It’s a sign of Israel’s swaggering sense of impunity, and of the grotesque depravity at the heart of their notions of...
Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...
COMMENTARY: By Shameen Suleman
Britain. France. Canada. Italy. Spain. Belgium. The Netherlands. Poland. Australia. New Zealand . . . The European Union. The United Nations...
Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...
ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Mansour
A video posted by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting abducted flotilla activists who...
Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained
By Niva Chittock, RNZ WorldWatch presenter/producer
New Zealand has joined international condemnation of Israel's far-right national security minister, even summoning the Israeli ambassador to convey...
Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand needs to summon Israeli ambassador to protest over the illegal and brutal treatment of Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian aid activists...
New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say...
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter
Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel.
Foreign Minister...
US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers
RNZ News
The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...
John Minto: Israel’s new leadership demands NZ reassess its Middle East...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The swearing in of the extremist leadership in Israel demands the Aotearoa New Zealand government reassess its policy towards the Middle...








![Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations "The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ben-Gvir-actists-AW-680wide-324x160.png)












