Politics

Never again for anyone: Why the NZ Holocaust Centre shouldn’t be involved in developing a new curriculum

Rick Sahar, a former board member of the New Zealand Holocaust Centre, soldier in the IDF, and son of concentration camp survivors had me on his Alternative Jewish Voices...

China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Some years ago when I headed the Pacific Media Centre...

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza? It’s the media

ANALYSIS: By Robin Andersen In a Double Down News (DDN) video report, British filmmaker Richard Sanders begins a summary of a “horrific...

Palestine protesters told they are ‘rainbow people’ of hope after 150 weeks of Gaza protest

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Palestine protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand celebrated an unprecedented 150 weeks...

Britain’s Big Brother state is already here – we just don’t realise it yet

While the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or “Israel haters”, the UK state is...

Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse NZ’s 1840 Treaty debate

ANALYSIS: By Paul Moon When it comes to grappling with the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the commonest responses is that it...

Pressure must go on Israel to comply with World Court genocide rulings

Aotearoa New Zealand must ramp up pressure on Israel to abide by last month’s International Court of Justice ruling, writes John Minto. COMMENTARY: By John...

Watching the watchdogs: Law, propaganda, and the media walk into a bar

ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri Last month, the world watched South Africa initiate International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on the genocidal acts Israel committed...

NZ legally obliged to step up and speak out after World Court ruling on Israel

New Zealand’s commitment to the international rule of law means it must also go beyond the UN court’s genocide case findings on Gaza, writes...

In waging war on the UN refugee agency, the West is openly siding with Israeli genocide

Israel has long plotted the downfall of UNRWA, aware that it is one of the biggest obstacles to eradicating the Palestinians as a people. ANALYSIS:...

Caitlin Johnstone: Everything Israel wants to destroy is Hamas

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone UNRWA is Hamas. The hospitals are Hamas. The ambulances are Hamas. The journalists are Hamas. The schools are Hamas. South Africa...