Tag: Sanctions

ANALYSIS: By Joe Hendren Had Israel not launched its unprovoked attack on Iran on Friday night, in direct violation of the UN Charter, Iran would...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Foreign Minister...

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan, editor of Against The Current The New Zealand Foreign Minster's decision to issue a travel ban against two Israeli far-right politicians...

RNZ News The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...

Asia Pacific Report Protesting New Zealanders donned symbolic masks modelled on a Palestinian artist's handiwork in Auckland's Takutai Square today to condemn Israel's starvation as...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...

Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocacy group has called on NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to take a firm stand...

Asia Pacific Report Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick called on New Zealand government MPs today to support her Member’s Bill to sanction Israel over its...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the need for Aotearoa New Zealand to impose sanctions against Israel has...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ refusal to join 79 other countries trying to protect the International Criminal Court (ICC) after...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has congratulated the Nelson City Council on its vote today to boycott companies which trade...

Asia Pacific Report Christchurch, New Zealand's third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto You could be forgiven if you missed the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion that Israel’s long-standing occupation of...

By Efe Özkan Pro-Palestinian anti-war activists in Australia have protested in Melbourne, disrupting a defence expo set to open on Wednesday. Protesters gathered yesterday in...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains disturbingly quiet on the unfolding genocide in Gaza. New Zealand’s silence is clearly undermining its self-image as...

Asia Pacific Report From France to Australia, university pro-Palestine protests in the United States have now spread to several countries with students pitching on-campus camps. And...

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland’s Takutai Square today hailed the strong stance of Ireland over Israel’s genocidal war against...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Despite the carnage, United Nations resolutions and international court rulings, Israel's war in Gaza has the potential to...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration has officially re-designated Ansarallah -- the dominant force in Yemen also known as the Houthis -- as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Two years ago New Zealand joined 22 other countries in supporting the Ukrainian case against Russia at the International Court of...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super...