Tag: Middle East
Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic...
ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian
When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to understand what just happened. You only...
Western media failing to tell truth about war on Iran, says...
Pacific Media Watch
Western legacy media is failing to tell the truth on the US-Israeli war on Iran, says a leading US academic and analyst.
"Mass...
War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not...
COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter
The US-Israeli attack on Iran has unequivocally demonstrated to the world -- apart, it seems, from Australia's government -- that being...
Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The United States and Israel have, for decades, pursued the destruction of Iran as a sovereign state.
We are now in the...
Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
I came across this statement from an independent media source this week:
“The mainstream media is doing what it always does in...
Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...
Thousands of anti-war demonstrators yesterday marched through central London, calling for an immediate halt to US and Israeli military operations against Iran and an...
War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...
Pacific Media Watch
Journalists in Iran have been working amid hostile air strikes for almost a week since the start of the US-Israeli offensive while...
Trump starts major ‘regime-change’ war with Iran, serving neoconservatism and Israel
ANALYSIS: By Glenn Greenwald
For decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American neoconservatives have dreamed of only one foreign policy goal -- having the...
How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...
Asia Pacific Report
Several small Pacific countries regularly vote in support of Israel at the United Nations in spite of overwhelming opposition for the Zionist...
Open letter: Seven warning signals to the global warmongers who are...
COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames
Dear warmongers:
You are sleepwalking towards a war in the Middle East that could set the whole world ablaze. Do not...
Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel...
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud
UNSC Resolution 2803 is unequivocally rejected. It is a direct contravention of international law itself, imposed by the United States with...
Gaza ‘ceasefire’ simply means that Israel can do whatever it wants....
A Gaza resident tells his story of the struggle to survive in Israel's Gaza genocide today, "ceasefire" or not.
SPECIAL REPORT: By Qasem Waleed El-Farra
On...
Rebuilding Gaza begins in the classroom and with dignity
ANALYSIS: By Sultan Barakat and Alison Phipps
It has been more than two weeks since world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh and declared, once again,...
Trump’s ‘annexation ban’ is a ploy to push Israeli normalisation
ANALYSIS: By Lamis Andoni
The rift between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is real. However, to understand it, one must...
Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that...
This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel’s demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism....
Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time
COMMENTARY: By Ahmad Ibsais
On June 22, American warplanes crossed into Iranian airspace and dropped 14 massive bombs.
The attack was not in response to a...
Why most Pacific governments stand with Israel in spite of UN...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Amid uncertainty in the Middle East, one thing remains clear -- most Pacific governments continue to align themselves with...
Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the Middle East conflict was one of the discussions of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)...
Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli...
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestinian Chronicle
The conflict between Israel and Iran over the past 12 days has redefined the regional chessboard....
NZ Greens call on state to condemn US over ‘dangerous’ attack...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand's opposition Green Party has called on the government to condemn the United States for its illegal bombing of Iran and...
Defence Force to send plane to assist New Zealanders stranded in...
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter
The Defence Force is sending a plane to the Middle East to assist any New Zealanders stranded in...
US strikes: Ignore the propaganda, 10 forces will shape the Iran-Israel...
The US-Israeli attack against Iran will intensify the forces that are already destroying international law legacies and the UN system in the Middle East...


































