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London police clash with protesters over Gaza aid flotilla detention (Video)

Israel seized around 50 boats carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who attempted to breach its blockade of the enclave. Violent clashes have erupted in London...

Gaza flotilla protesters gather outside Winston’s home

Around 30 protesters gathered outside Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ Auckland home on Thursday evening. Demonstrators were protesting the detention of New Zealanders involved with the...

Thunberg detained as Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla

Israeli forces have detained dozens of activists, including Greta Thunberg, after intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza in international waters. Israel...

Israeli forces intercept Gaza aid flotilla with New Zealander on board

A flotilla carrying 500 activists, including three New Zealanders and Greta Thunberg, has been intercepted by Israeli forces off Gaza’s coast. Among those on board...

Israeli navy begins Intercepting Gaza Aid Flotilla – reports

A flotilla of nearly 50 boats carrying 500 activists, including Greta Thunberg and Mandla Mandela, reported being intercepted by Israeli naval vessels as it...

Hamas likely to reject Trump’s Gaza peace plan – BBC

Hamas is expected to reject Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, calling it biased toward Israel and objecting to key conditions including disarmament, surrendering hostages...

Netanyahu apologises to Qatar for airstrike on Doha

The Israeli attack on Hamas in the Qatari capital earlier this month reportedly killed six people, including a Qatari security officer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

Trump’s Gaza peace plan welcomed by world leaders

European and Middle Eastern leaders have largely endorsed a new US-led peace plan for Gaza, unveiled by President Donald Trump alongside Israeli Prime Minister...

Trump calls US allies ‘foolish’ over recognition of Palestine

The UK and France are among the nations that defied Washington’s warnings last week. US President Donald Trump has lambasted key European allies for formally...

White House unveils Gaza peace plan excluding Hamas from future rule

The White House has unveiled a sweeping 20-point peace plan aimed at ending nearly two years of war in Gaza, centred on an immediate...

IINZ backs NZ’s refusal to recognise Palestinian statehood

The Israel Institute of New Zealand (IINZ) has welcomed the Government’s decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood, praising Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ announcement at...

Greens call government’s Palestine stance “cowardly”

The Green Party has condemned the Government’s decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood, calling it "cowardly" and damaging to New Zealand’s reputation as a...

NZ Retains “When, Not If” stance on Palestinian statehood recognition

New Zealand has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood at this stage, maintaining its long-standing “when, not if” position. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters told the...

Netanyahu denounces recognition of Palestinian statehood in UN speech

A large number of delegates left the assembly in protest as the Israeli PM was about to speak. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a...

Tony Blair vying to run Gaza – media

New details have been revealed about the ex-British prime minister’s plans to administer the Palestinian enclave. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has proposed to...

Spain and Italy deploy warships to protect Gaza-bound flotilla

The move comes after the ships, which have Palestinian activists onboard, came under a drone attack. Italy and Spain have pledged to deploy warships to...

Australian state broadcaster ordered to pay extra $150K for unfair sacking of presenter over Gaza post

Australia’s Federal Court has ordered the state broadcaster ABC to pay an additional AUD $150,000 in penalties after unfairly sacking fill-in radio presenter Antoinette...

Hamas armed wing releases new hostage video

Proof that Alon Ohel is still alive came out as the Israeli military is pushing forward into Gaza City. The armed wing of the Palestinian...

It’s not enough to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza

If nothing is done, we all deserve to live in a world where genocide is the norm. Those with eyes to see and ears to...

Netanyahu condemns “monstrous lie” linking Israel to Charlie Kirk’s murder

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a forceful rejection of claims circulating online that Israel had any involvement in the killing of Charlie...

Tucker Carlson says Charlie Kirk “disliked” Netanyahu and was “horrified” by Gaza invasion

New claims have emerged about Charlie Kirk’s views and the pressures he faced in the days before his death, with both Tucker Carlson and...

Israel guilty of genocide in Gaza – UN commission

West Jerusalem has rejected the accusation, slamming the body as a “Hamas proxy” and calling for its abolition. Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in...

‘Gaza is on fire’ – Israeli defense minister

The IDF conducted intensive airstrikes in the enclave overnight, according to Palestinian media. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said “Gaza is on fire” after...

Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza City

The operation to occupy what is believed to be the last remaining Hamas stronghold has been confirmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the...

Billionaire accused of bullying Charlie Kirk in showdown over Israel critics

Charlie Kirk was allegedly pressured by a Jewish billionaire during a private August meeting, according to reporting by journalist Max Blumenthal. Blumenthal of The Greyzone,...

Israeli ex-intelligence officer claims Netanyahu blackmailing Trump through Epstein ties

Ari Ben-Menashe, an Israeli former intelligence officer, has alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is blackmailing former U.S. President Donald Trump, linking the...

Clergy chain themselves at Willis’ office demanding action on Israel

Nine clergy members have chained themselves together outside Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ electorate office in Johnsonville, Wellington, pledging to fast and remain overnight in...

Thousands march in Auckland CBD demanding sanctions on Israel

Pro-Palestine protesters, estimated by legacy media at close to 10,000, are marching through Auckland’s CBD demanding the government impose sanctions on Israel. The demonstration began...

Gaza aid ship targeted in ‘deliberate attack’ – Tunisia (Video)

Surveillance footage has captured the moments before the assault on British-flagged Alma boat. The Tunisian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that a recent attack targeting...

Hamas says its leadership survived Israeli strike on Qatar

The attack involved around 15 Israeli warplanes that fired at least ten munitions at a compound used by the Palestinian group. Palestinian militant group Hamas...

Israel conducts strike on ‘Hamas leadership’ in Qatar

The IDF attacked the group’s headquarters in Doha, with around ten explosions reported. Israel has conducted a “precise strike” against the “senior leadership of Hamas,”...

Six killed in East Jerusalem bus-station shooting (Video)

An Israeli minister has called for the dismantlement of the Palestinian Authority following the attack. Six people were killed and several others injured in a...

Israel beginning mass mobilization to take Gaza City – Jerusalem Post

Some 40,000 reservists are reportedly expected to be called up for the offensive. Tens of thousands of Israeli reservists have begun reporting for duty as...

Israeli airstrike kills Houthi PM and other senior officials

Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement has confirmed that its self-proclaimed Prime Minister, Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sanaa alongside...

Israel strikes Yemen’s presidential compound (Video)

The IDF says it targeted several Houthi sites in response to a missile attack. Israel said it has carried out airstrikes in Yemen, hitting a...

Dutch foreign minister quits after Israel sanctions blocked

Coalition government partners refused to back Caspar Veldkamp’s call for punitive measures against the Jewish state over the Gaza conflict. Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp...

NZ joins global call for foreign media access and journalist protection in Gaza

New Zealand and 26 other nations have urged Israel to allow immediate and independent foreign media access to Gaza, condemning restrictions on press freedom...

Israel begins Gaza City ground offensive preparations

Palestinians are fleeing parts of Gaza City as Israeli forces establish a foothold on the outskirts ahead of a planned ground offensive approved by...

Netanyahu accuses Albanese of betrayal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Australian leader Anthony Albanese of “betraying Israel” and abandoning the Jewish community after Canberra barred far-right Israeli...

Thousands rally in Manhattan amid controversy over ‘Global Intifada’ chant

Thousands of protesters marched through midtown Manhattan calling for a “global intifada,” a phrase widely condemned as incitement to violence against Jewish communities. The demonstration,...

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