Tag: War on Gaza
Pope Francis dies one day after first post-hospital public appearance and...
Asia Pacific Report
Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, has died aged 88 a day after he made his...
The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was...
Part one of a three-part series: On the courage to remember
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age...
Gaza had educational justice. Now the genocide has wiped that out,...
COMMENTARY: By Refaat Ibrahim
Palestinians have always been passionate about learning. During the Ottoman era, Palestinian students travelled to Istanbul, Cairo, and Beirut to pursue...
Palestinian solidarity vigil at Easter in NZ as Israeli bombing rages...
Asia Pacific Report
Peaceful protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland held an Easter prayer vigil honouring Palestinian political prisoners and the sacrifice of...
Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...
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...
Israeli prison system designed to crush Palestinian resilience, says ex-detainee
Asia Pacific Report
A researcher says the Israeli prison system aims to subjugate the Palestinian people as rallies across the West Bank marked Prisoners' Day...
NZ’s Palestine Forum calls on Luxon to take ‘firm stand’ over...
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...
Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump
Asia Pacific Report
Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing...
New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or...
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
“Wherever Palestinians have control is barbaric.” These were the words from New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow.
During a meeting...
Baptist Church condemns ‘appalling’ Israeli Palm Sunday attack on hospital
Asia Pacific Report
The Baptist Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East has condemned Israeli's Palm Sunday attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital, the last functioning...
Health workers call for NZ government to join global demands for...
Asia Pacific Report
Health workers spoke out at a rally condemning Israel's genocide in Gaza and the latest atrocity against Palestinian aid workers today, calling...
Israel ‘deliberately targeting’ journalists in Gaza, says Australian author after latest...
Pacific Media Watch
Israel has been targeting journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory with more intensity since October 7, 2023, says Australian journalist and author...
With Hasbara failing, Israel placed Hossam Shabat on a kill list
While public opinion of Israel plummets, each day the genocide continues without significant repercussions only reinforces that they can ignore this opinion, writes Alex...
Red Crescent Palestinians massacre: Global rule of law masquerade is over
SPECIAL REPORT: By Joe Gill
It is difficult to be shocked after 18 months of Israel's genocidal onslaught on Gaza.
Brazen crimes against humanity have become...
‘Tell the world the truth,’ father tells dead son as Israel...
Pacific Media Watch
Global media freedom groups have condemned the Israeli occupation forces for assassinating two more Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza genocide, taking the...
Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem
Asia Pacific Report
A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a...
Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Christchurch
Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister...
Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’...
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...
Israel’s former chief justice Aharon Barak fears state risks ‘civil war’
Pacific Media Watch
Israel’s most revered jurist, former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, says that he fears the Netanyahu government’s latest actions, including moves to...
Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel
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...
Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself
Asia Pacific Report
At least 400 people have been killed after a surprise Israeli attack on Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Israeli government...
PSNA calls on NZ govt to condemn renewed Israel air strikes...
Asia Pacific Report
A national Palestinian advocacy group has called on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to immediately condemn Israel for its resumption today of...