Justice

South African activist praises world court genocide case against Israel

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report A South African-born New Zealand critic of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing today delivered strong praise for his home country’s genocide case filed with...

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes

Pacific Media Watch At least 262 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war...

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating...

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New...

What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended...

Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post

ANALYSIS: By Abdelghany Sayed On November 24, The Washington Post’s editorial board published an editorial in which it laid out its views on the arrest...

Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’

Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has called for unity among his people in the face of a renewed “colonial grip” of Indonesia’s...

The ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu is also an indictment of US policy and complicity

ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey D. Sachs It’s official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in...

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes

ANALYSIS: By Catherine Gegout The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant,...

NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley

RNZ Saturday Morning A former New Zealand prime minister, Dame Jenny Shipley, has warned the ACT Party is “inviting civil war” with its attempt to...

Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle...