Opinion

250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli killing of journalists in Gaza

Reporters Without Borders In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries simultaneously...

Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today

Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes...

NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists

Asia Pacific Report About 120 journalists, film makers, actors, media workers and academics have today called on Prime Minister...

21 questions about the claim that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Australia

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Canberra will be expelling the Iranian ambassador...

Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media

Pacific Media Watch Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki...

Flashback: Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days

France has declared a state of emergency for 12 days on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia — New Zealand’s closest neighbour — after...

Violence erupts in New Caledonia as independence supporters oppose legislation in Paris

Macron’s plan has backfired. But there can be no sustainable solution without cooperation of all parties, writes a former Australian diplomat in New Caledonia. ANALYSIS:...

Caitlin Johnstone: Using a fictional antisemitism crisis to support a real genocide

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone One of the most frustrating things happening in the world right now is the way people of conscience are doing everything...

‘We are witnessing an unfolding genocide’ – Israeli historian

Team Zeteo After months of threats and speculation, the Israeli military has officially begun to move into the southern Gazan city of Rafah, sending in...

How an ‘antisemitism hoax’ drowned out the discovery of mass graves in Gaza

Fake Israeli claims keep Western publics focused on "evil" humanitarian aid workers and "evil" anti-war protesters rather than the kind of evil that dares...

Media freedom award for the Gaza journalists who have paid a terrible price in Israel’s genocidal war

By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch Along with the devastating death toll -- now almost 35,000 people, hundreds of aid workers and hundreds...