Tag: Occupied Palestine
Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US...
By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist
A Palestinian man living in Aotearoa New Zealand who has lost 55 relatives in three Israeli airstrikes on...
Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps
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...
Palestine prisoners’ release ‘symbolic win’ showing unity in face of occupation,...
Asia Pacific Report
Sultan Barakat, a professor at Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, says the release of Palestinian prisoners is a “symbolic win” rather than...
‘Ignore Trump’s bully’ and take stand over genocide, PSNA tells Peters
Asia Pacific Report
A defiant Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national chair, John Minto, has appealed to Aotearoa New Zealand to stand with the "majority...
UN rapporteur welcomes ‘best news’ — Hague Group coalition pushing for...
Asia Pacific Report
UN Special Rapporteur to the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese has hailed the formation of The Hague Group, describing it as the...
‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Watching footage of Palestinian parliamentarian and hostage Khalida Jarrar emerge from Israeli captivity was jarring -- a far, muffled cry from...
Israel jeopardising ‘any prospect of peace’, says UNRWA chief
The New Arab
Implementation of Israel's ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA will be disastrous, the aid agency's chief has told the Security...
Mars, watch out — President Trump’s coming for you too
COMMENTARY: By Belén Fernández
It was a cold day in Washington, DC, on Tuesday when Donald Trump was sworn in for his second stint as...
Israel has ramped up West Bank raids to ‘distract’ from ceasefire,...
Asia Pacific Report
Israeli forces have been ramping up operations in the occupied West Bank-- mainly the Jenin refugee camp – to “distract” from the...
Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards lasting peace is whether they choose...
Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a...
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...
Gaza genocide protesters welcome ceasefire but will fight on for justice
Asia Pacific Report
About 200 demonstrators gathered in the heart of New Zealand's biggest city Auckland today to welcome the Gaza ceasefire due to come...
Chris Hedges: The Gaza ceasefire charade
Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every...
‘Humiliated, attacked, beaten’: How Palestinian Authority assaults West Bank refugee camp...
While mediator Qatar says a Gaza ceasefire deal is at the closest point it has been in the past few months -- adding that...
Young Israelis ‘don’t want peace’, warns former Israeli top diplomat
Asia Pacific Report
A former director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Alon Liel, has warned over a "dangerous" attitude of younger generations in Israel...
Killing of five Gaza journalists by Israel strike highlights weak NZ...
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
My message today is really simple but brutal.
Israel kills the journalists deliberately. This is unprecedented. The Western...
The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Scully, University of New England; Robert Phiddian, Flinders University, and Stephanie Brookes, Monash University
Michael Leunig -- who died in the early...
West and media are ‘erasing’ Palestinian history, say critics
Asia Pacific Report
Palestinian history is "deliberately ignored" and is being effectively "erased" as part of Western news media narratives, while establishment forces work to...
Money link to illegal Israeli settlements ignites divestment battle in NZ...
By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter
New Plymouth has admitted it has investments in companies active in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, contrary...
PSNA condemns NZ welcome for ‘genocidal’ Israeli tourists while no humanitarian...
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand advocacy group for Palestine has condemned the government for refusing to provide humanitarian visas for Palestinians with family in...
West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of ‘need...
Asia Pacific Report
A leader of a major West Papuan political movement has praised the recent judgment of the Permanent People's Tribunal on the Melanesian...
Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at...
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International officials at a rally in Auckland today doubled down on their global report this week accusing Israel of genocide and...