Politics

Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace, face the truth

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Celebration time. Some Palestinian prisoners have been released. A mother reunited with her daughter. A young mother reunited with her babies. Still in prison are people who...

Gaza and the Western media (including NZ and the Pacific) – complicit in genocide

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan New Zealand’s One News interviewed a Gaza journalist last week who has called out the...

Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be freed

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards...

Netanyahu’s war on Hamas backfires as Gaza resistance holds strong

An Al-Jazeera Arabic special report translated by The Palestine Chronicle staff details how Israel’s military strategy in Gaza,...

Gaza genocide protesters welcome ceasefire but will fight on for justice

Asia Pacific Report About 200 demonstrators gathered in the heart of New Zealand’s biggest city Auckland today to welcome...

NZ called on to demand Israel ends ‘inhumane blockade’, and give Gaza aid flotilla safe passage

Asia Pacific Report Three Palestinian solidarity groups have joined the humanitarian aid charity Kia Ora Gaza in calling on New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon...

Pro-independence activist issues dire warning to France over Kanaky New Caledonia

By Lydia Lewis A pro-independence activist in New Caledonia is warning France to immediately halt its planned constitution amendments or face “war”. The call for a...

Caitlin Johnstone: US declines Israel’s invitation to start WW3 (for now)

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Iran has carried out its long-promised retaliation for Israel’s attack on its consulate building in Damascus, launching a massive barrage of...

Caitlin Johnstone: Getting Gaza right is the absolute bare minimum requirement

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Gaza is simpler than Iraq. Iraq was simpler than Yemen. Yemen was simpler than Libya. Libya was simpler than Ukraine. Ukraine...

Open letter: On NZ news media and ‘faceless, nameless’ Palestinians

Pacific Media Watch This unpublished “heartfelt” letter sent to The Press this week criticising its April 6 editorial about a “turning point” in the deadly...

French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing political marches

By Patrick Decloitre Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa today, at the same time and...