Opinion

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 October 7, 2023, attacks, Israel...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

Why Israel’s violent Gaza strategy to divide Palestinian resistance will fail

ANALYSIS: By Mohsen Abu Ramadan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest assault on Gaza is a well-worn strategy among Israeli politicians to manufacture unity during...

Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website

Pacific Media Watch Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...

Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win

SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Mā'ohi Nui's blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir'atira has won its bet -- to be back in the helm...

Open letter to PM Albanese: Canberra must call on UN to ‘rectify breaches’ over West Papuan decolonisation

Café Pacific An author and human rights advocate for West Papuan self-determination today sent an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the...

Vila-based Indonesian ‘troll’ page targets Papuan advocates

By David Robie As part of an Indonesian-backed disinformation and troll campaign against West Papuan pro-independence advocates, a Facebook page has emerged making bitter and...

Doc Edge abandons ‘provocative’ Israeli Embassy sponsorship for 2023 festival

By John Minto The Doc Edge Film Festival has abandoned Israeli Embassy sponsorship this year after a furore caused by such sponsorship last year. We are...