Tag: Palestine
Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
New Zealand's largest ever crowd in support of migrant rights gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square at the weekend in triple protests...
West Papua and other critical issues – why is NZ media...
COMMENT: By David Robie in Auckland
International reporting has hardly been a strong feature of New Zealand journalism. No New Zealand print news organisation has...
Marilyn Garson: Ceasefire, but we cannot let this go the same...
COMMENT: By Marilyn Garson in Wellington
I lived in Gaza from 2011, through the attack of 2014, and for one year after. I am not...
Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...
Gallery: Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
More than 2000 people took part in Auckland today in a demonstration for justice for Palestine and against "genocide" and "ethnic...
‘Give us 10 minutes’ – how Israel bombed a Gaza media...
By Colin Peacock, Mediawatch presenter
So many Palestinians have died in the attacks on Gaza in the past fortnight - and people in Israel...
Marwan Bishara: Why Netanyahu thinks America is stupid
COMMENT: By Marwan Bishara in Doha
The United States has provided Israel with the military means and diplomatic cover it needs to defeat Hamas in...
John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian...
ANALYSIS: By John Minto
When Nanaia Mahuta was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, there were hopes for a change in government thinking towards the struggles...
Gaza conflict: No matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still...
ANALYSIS: By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes...
Green Party’s bid for NZ declaration of Palestine as a state...
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A Green Party motion asking New Zealand MPs to recognise Palestine as a state has failed in the House, with opposition...
Israeli onslaught against Gaza continues: ‘But we are still alive!’
A heartfelt message from a sister in Gaza to her brother
We are still fine. The "war front" in our neighborhood is still somewhat quiet,...
Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else...
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle, writes
أيمن حسونة about Israel's system of apartheid leading up...
NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does...
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller
So far, the New Zealand government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping...
RSF asks ICC if Israeli airstrikes on media in Gaza are...
A building that has housed international media offices including Al Jazeera’s in the Gaza Strip was hit by an Israeli air strike that totally...
Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The foreign spokesperson for New Zealand's Green Party, Golriz Ghahraman, is "disappointed" by the government’s response to escalating attacks by Israel...
Many questions, few answers, as conflict deepens between Israelis and Palestinians
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
What’s next in the latest Middle East convulsion? Will a ceasefire between the Hamas militant group in Gaza...
Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
About 4000 protesters took part in demonstrations across New Zealand at the weekend calling on the government to take action over...
Israel-Palestine conflict: ‘I can’t breathe’
Thousands rally in US in support of Palestinians
‘It’s genocide’: Protesters slam Israel, support Palestinians
Israel bombs Gaza tower housing media offices of...
Israel bombs Gaza tower housing media offices of AP, Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Israel destroyed an 11-storey tower block in Gaza that houses offices of US-based Associated Press (AP) and Qatar-based Al Jazeera global...
Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating violence in...
NZ Greens condemn Israeli violence against Palestinian communities
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
New Zealand's Green Party has condemned the violent and forced displacement of the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah community of East Jerusalem by...
Indonesia condemns Israeli attack on Al Aqsa mosque – call for...
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo has condemned the Israeli police violence against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy city of...