Tag: Kia Ora Gaza
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...
Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders
Asia Pacific Report
Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in...
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...
Three NZ Arab doctors joining Kia Ora Gaza humanitarian aid mission
Asia Pacific Report
Three New Zealand doctors -- two Palestinian and one Iraq-born -- are planning to join the charity Kia Ora Gaza in its...
Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break...
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand charity providing humanitarian aid for Gaza today revealed more details of the international Freedom Flotilla's bid to break the...
Next Freedom Flotilla nearly ready to sail for Gaza with NZ...
Asia Pacific Report
Two of the global Freedom Flotilla ships are being prepared in Turkey and almost ready for the upcoming humanitarian mission to Gaza.
It...
‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza...
Kia Ora Gaza
The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to...
Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip
While telling today's Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about "good news" over creative humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza,...
Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the...
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has announced in Istanbul a plan to sail again to challenge Israel’s unlawful and deadly siege of...
Palestinians uphold traditional Ramadan rituals – despite the Israeli Occupation
By Wafa Aludaini in Gaza
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims from all corners of the globe come together to celebrate. Each country has...
Solidarity medical aid convoy breaches blockade and says: ‘Gaza isn’t alone’
Dr Essam Youssef visits the ambulance in Gaza sponsored by Freedom Flotilla Campaigns. The ambulance is used by the Benevolent Society for People with...
Palestinian ‘executed’ at point-blank range by Israeli border police
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yumma Patel of Mondoweiss
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by an Israeli border police officer at point blank range on...
NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine
By Roger Fowler in Auckland
The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund - New Zealand's state pension fund - has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest...
Detained Freedom Flotilla journalist speaks out over Israeli illegal actions
Journalist Richard Sudan speaks out on PressTV.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A British journalist on board last month's Freedom Flotilla mission to attempt to break the...
Mission accomplished: Why ‘blockade buster’ boats to Gaza still succeed
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud, recently in New Zealand
When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport...
Dr Swee Ang: We can’t accept this – speak up against...
Dr Swee Ang’s “SOS” call broadcast from the Al Awda as the boat was being hijacked in international waters last week. (Poor quality audio...
Tasered, beaten, handcuffed but Mike Treen says ‘I would do it...
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Unite Union national director Mike Treen arrived in Auckland today and told of his brutal experience at the hands of...
Freedom Flotilla leader condemns Israeli brutality – Treen in jail
The Al Jazeera interview about the Israeli "hijacking" of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters on Sunday.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Freedom Flotilla Coalition spokesperson David...
Plea for help from NZ protester on board ‘hijacked’ Gaza peace...
Mike Treen's message via YouTube. (Distorted audio - click on subtitles).
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealander Mike Treen, national director of the Unite Union and...
‘My message to the Israeli soldiers – what will you tell...
An open letter from former Israeli Air Force "rescue" pilot Yonatan Shapira on board the Al Awda bound for Gaza.
My name is Yonatan Shapira...