Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen on way back to NZ
Detained and deported unionist Mike Treen (right) with Kia Ora Gaza’s Roger Fowler in a file photo. Image: Kia Ora Gaza Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Unite union leader Mike Treen, seized and detained by Israeli security forces last weekend along with other human rights campaigners bound for Gaza on board the fishing boat Al Awda, […]
Read More →Mike Treen: Gaza Freedom Flotilla sets sail from Sicily
By Mike Treen on board the Freedom Flotilla After months of preparation and training, the Freedom Flotilla is ready to depart for Gaza today. The converted fishing trawler I am travelling on, the Al Awda (Return), along with three sailing yachts have been under constant guard as previous flotillas have been sabotaged in foreign ports […]
Read More →Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years on
French football fans hold a minute of silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the November 13 Paris attacks ahead of the 2018 World Cup group A qualifying football match between France and Sweden at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on November 11, 2016. Images: FIFA.com By Marwan Bishara Twenty years […]
Read More →Gallery: Peaceful protest highlights ‘Nakba’ injustices in Palestine
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk About 50 people staged a “wall of noise” protest in Auckland’s port today in a bid to shut down the Israeli “festival of oppression” marking 70 years of illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Protesting at the Silo Park over what Palestinians regard as the Nakba – “the catastophe” – when the […]
Read More →Why is Israel so afraid of 16-year-old Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi?
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Why is Israel so afraid of 16-year-old Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi? OPINION: By Ariel Gold and Taylor Morley Sixteen-year-old Ahed Tamimi was back in court last Thursday, with the judge ruling for the third time that her detention be extended – this time for another […]
Read More →One Palestinian family’s devastating story of Israeli military cruelty
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: One Palestinian family’s devastating story of Israeli military cruelty OPINION: By Sister Barbara CameronWhen I read last week of the detention of a young Palestinian teenage girl, 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi, dragged from her bed in the middle of the night by Israeli soldiers, for me […]
Read More →Australia, Pacific nations sidestep overwhelming UN vote on Jerusalem
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Australia, Pacific nations sidestep overwhelming UN vote on Jerusalem Palestinians react to the Security Council vote on Jerusalem vetoed by the US earlier this week. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Australia and other Pacific nations did not join almost 130 countries in an […]
Read More →Palestinian rally in Auckland supports ‘Day of Rage’ for free Jerusalem
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Palestinian rally in Auckland supports ‘Day of Rage’ for free Jerusalem As Palestinians protest against US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Democracy Now! profiles the issues. Video: Democracy Now! Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Nearly 400 Aucklanders, […]
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