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Statement on World Habitat Day – Palestine Forum of New Zealand
On this World Habitat Day, we reflect on the universal right of every human being to live in dignity, with secure shelter, access to land, and a safe environment to call home. For Palestinians, this right is systematically denied. Since the Nakba...

252 Journalists Killed in Israeli Aggression on Gaza Over the Past Two Years
Sun 05 Oct 2025 | 06:02 PM 252 Journalists Killed in Israeli Aggression on Gaza Over the Past Two Years Monitoring data from the Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate revealed that 252 journalists were killed as a result of...

Israeli negotiators to leave Monday for Gaza ceasefire talks in Egypt: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a high-level delegation to depart for indirect talks with Hamas in Egypt on Monday, aimed at halting the Gaza war, his office said in a statement on Sunday. The team, led by Ron...

Who is Raed Saad, Hamas’s new chief of staff in Gaza?
The frequent assassinations of senior Hamas terrorists over the past two years have reshaped the group’s leadership in Gaza, forcing both Hamas and Israel to adapt quickly to new figures at the top. After the disappearance of Yahya and Mohammed...

Five hurdles to a peace deal in Gaza
Binyamin Netanyahu gave a triumphant video address to the nation on Saturday night, promising that the hostages taken by Hamas would be home “very soon”. Among those watching was a crowd of 200,000 people in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, including...

Palestinian Football Association says its national team will play charity match in Spain for Gaza
Palestinian Football Association says its national team will play charity match in Spain for Gaza Madrid - Saba: The Palestinian Football Association announced that its national football team will play a charity friendly match against the Basque...
Your Party rally: Corbyn downplays Sultana’s absence and calls for pro-Palestine support
Tie or no tie? That was the question for Jeremy Corbyn. When Miguel Unamuno declared the Spanish Second Republic in 1931, he turned his shirt collar over a high-necked sweater. When Vladimir Lenin addressed the crowd at the Finland Station in...
JI emir warns against deviation from ‘Palestine policy defined by Quaid’
Jamaat Emir Hafiz Naeem urges nation to show solidarity with Gaza as JI will hold countrywide demonstrations on Oct 7 at 11am Warns against any shift in Pakistan’s Palestine policy defined by Quaid-i-Azam, urges govt to recognize Hamas as...
Hezbollah Endorses Hamas Stance on Trump’s Ceasefire Plan for Gaza
Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon expressed full support for Hamas’s position on the US-backed ceasefire proposal, which was formulated in coordination with other Palestinian resistance factions. In an official statement, the group...

Israel, Hamas prepare for Egypt talks amid possible Gaza truce
Hundreds of people gather to demand an end to the attacks on Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages, holding banners on October 4, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Photo by Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images) Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect...

The course ahead for Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan
Shortly before the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel (October 7, 2023), United States President Donald Trump unveiled his 20-point plan for a Gaza ceasefire. Hamas has reacted positively but has indicated that it will need to...

Far right arson attack on mosque fuelled by politicians
Masked men doused an East Sussex mosque’s doors with flammable liquid and set it on fire on Saturday in a racist arson attack. The torrent of racism—pushed by the fascists and far right and legitimised by Labour—is to blame. A mosque volunteer...
Symbolic States, Real Genocide: The Empty Politics Of Palestine – Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
The New Zealand government, like many others across the imperialist West, has refused to recognise a Palestinian state. At first glance, this appears to be a diplomatic slight or a moral failure. In truth, it is far deeper, it is the calculated...

PSNI deployed in London as police arrest 500 people over Palestine Action support
belfastlive Administrator 16:20, 05 Oct 2025 Police detain protestors in London on Saturday(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) Officers from the PSNI were deployed in London over the weekend as almost 500 people were arrested over pro-Palestine...

People in Gaza have endured a genocidal war: Palestine’s Ambassador
Palestine people in Gaza have endured a genocidal war that has claimed 66,000 lives including 225 journalists, said Palestine’s Ambassador to India Abdullah Mohammed Abu Shawesh on Sunday. The suffering has reached such an extreme that many...

Van Jones Apologizes for His ‘Insensitive and Hurtful’ Comment About Children in Gaza: ‘I’m Praying and Working for an Immediate End to This War’
CNN political analyst Van Jones took to X on Sunday to apologize for his comment about children in Gaza made during his Friday appearance on “Real Time With Bill Maher.” “I made a comment on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ about the war in Gaza that...

"Stormy Call": Tensions flare between Trump and Netanyahu over Hamas’s Gaza response
ALBAWABA - After Hamas's unexpected response to Trump's Gaza peace plan, there was a tense phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This showed that Washington and Tel Aviv have very different...

Turkey's secret mediation that changed Hamas's stance on Gaza plan
ALBAWABA - According to Israeli news channel Channel 24, Ankara's behind-the-scenes work was key in getting Hamas to agree to U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal for Gaza. This move surprised both Israel and Washington with how...

Spain Demands Immediate Halt to Gaza Attack and End to Inhumane Blockade
Sun 05 Oct 2025 | 06:10 PM Spain Demands Immediate Halt to Gaza Attack and End to Inhumane Blockade The Spanish government called on Israel on Sunday to immediately end its military operations in the Gaza Strip. Spanish Foreign Minister José...

Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?
In September this year, a UN-backed independent commission of inquiry released a report concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The report said: Israeli authorities deliberately inflicted conditions of life on the Palestinians in Gaza...