Tag: Middle East

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle It generally ends badly.  An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. They are heedless to wise counsel...

The Gaza ceasefire deal proves that Israeli politics can only survive if it is engaged in perpetual war. COMMENTARY: By Abdelhalim Abdelrahman US President Donald Trump...

What will happen to Australia -- and New Zealand -- once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally...

COMMENTARY: By Andrew Mitrovica I have wrestled with what to say in this urgent moment, long yearned for and that often appeared beyond reach during...

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...

REVIEW: By David Robie Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy...

COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein The incoming Trump administration will bring a dangerous brew of Christian nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism Things can always get worse. Much worse. The...

By Mick Hall A leading peace campaigner is calling Aotearoa New Zealand’s decision to stay away from a peace event in Nagasaki paying tribute to...

RNZ News The coalition government is telling New Zealanders in Iran and Lebanon to leave immediately as tensions rise in the Middle East. "The New Zealand...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone President Biden — if you feel like pretending Biden is still serving as President and still making the decisions in the White House — has...

ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud Israel’s assassination of the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, on yesterday is part of Tel Aviv’s...

Asia Pacific Report The decision of the International Court of Justice that Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal demands immediate action from the New...

ANALYSIS: By Olli Hellmann, University of Waikato When New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day today on April 25, it’s not only to honour the soldiers who...

RNZ News New Zealand's defence minister has defended a decision to send six NZ Defence Force staff to the Middle East to help "take out"...

Asia Pacific Report A group of foreign policy critics alarmed at the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s "undemocratic decision" to step up support for US-led strikes...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The US has carried out another air raid on Yemen, with targets reportedly including the international airport in the capital city...

Pacific Media Watch Global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israeli authorities to end military pactices that "violate international law" with...

By Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report As we prepared for this podcast, representatives of Arab states have presented a united front at the United...

ANALYSIS: By Mouin Rabbani Almost 50 years to the day after the joint Egyptian-Syrian offensive that launched the 1973 October War, Israel has once again...

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...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The last fortnight has seen a series of brutal, deliberately provocative Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque in...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of Mahsa...