Politics

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel pushes new atrocity narrative just as ceasefire deadline approaches

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone A new narrative is being aggressively pushed by Israel and its apologists to justify resuming the Gaza genocide, conveniently just as an important deadline for ceasefire...

Open letter: No, Mr Trump, we will not be ‘happy’ and ‘safe’ elsewhere

OPEN LETTER: By Hassan Abo Qamar Dear Mr Trump, I am writing to you as a Palestinian and a survivor...

Eugene Doyle: Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The country’s leading daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, screamed out this online headline by...

Chris Hedges: The US empire self-destructs

The United States shares the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military...

Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism

COMMENTARY: By Sawsan Madina I watched US President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

How Israel’s embrace of endless war and Zionist supremacy is creating self-inflicted wounds

ANALYSIS: By Arun Gupta Israel is riding high after carrying out the most audacious campaign of military conquest of any nation since the 1940s. Following the...

Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern Gaza siege – NZ protest

Asia Pacific Report Israel is forcing two hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate under threat of attack as its ethnic cleansing campaign continues. Israeli forces have...

‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital protest vigil over Gaza

Asia Pacific Report The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend...

Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world

COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...

CPJ condemns ban on Al Jazeera – network decries bid to ‘hide the truth’

Pacific Media Watch The New York-based global media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned a decision by the Palestinian Authority to suspend Al Jazeera’s...

A ‘genocidal project’ – Dr Abu-Sittah on Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s health system

Democracy Now! Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed that close to 46,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s ongoing assault, but Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah estimates the...