Tag: War on Gaza
Analyst dismisses ‘lie by rogue’ Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme
Asia Pacific Report
A leading Middle East analyst has pushed back against US President Donald Trump's dismissal of the conclusion of his own national intelligence...
Israel blocks Gaza aid organisations’ access to fuel, hospitals running out
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem
Kia ora koutou,
I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across...
15 months after ‘flour massacre’ shock, Israel commits daily Gaza food...
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem
Kia ora koutou,
I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here's a brief summary of today’s events across...
95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East...
Asia Pacific Report
Ninety-five New Zealand lawyers -- including nine king’s counsel -- have signed a letter demanding Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Foreign Minister Winston...
Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye...
Pacific Media Watch
The Big Picture Podcast host, New Zealand-Egyptian journalist and author Mohamed Hassan, interviews Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst about the rapidly...
Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you...
ANALYSIS: By Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University
In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that the key to defeating...
As Israeli attacks draw tit-for-tat missile responses from Iran and shuts...
A New Zealand journalist on the ground in the Middle East summarises events from the occupied West Bank.
UPDATES: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem
Fifty...
Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says...
Asia Pacific Report
A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but...
Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the...
RNZ News
Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance...
Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost...
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein in Middle East Eye
War is good for business and geopolitical posturing.
Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in...
Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
"Just do it, before it is too late," US President Donald Trump said.
The Western media described Trump’s and Israeli Prime Minister...
NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’...
Asia Pacific Report
The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel's "unprovoked military strikes" against Iran, killing at least 80 people --...
Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid
Asia Pacific Report
Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over...
A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed...
By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo
Unlike the Palestinian message, the Israeli message is not global, but very much a localised cry for help --...
Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
I have visited Iran twice. Once in June 1980 to witness an unprecedented event: the world’s first Islamic Revolution. It was...
Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye
If you imagined Western politicians and media were finally showing signs of waking up to Israel’s genocide...
New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say...
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...
NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing...
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...
US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers
RNZ News
The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...
Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...
Asia Pacific Report
Aotearoa New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has condemned the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel attempting...
Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over...
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard has condemned Israel's interception and detention of the 12 crew members aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s humanitarian...
Why Israel’s ‘humane’ propaganda is such a sinister facade
COMMENTARY: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem
Many people have been closely following the journey this week of the Madleen, a small humanitarian yacht seeking...