David Cumin

The essence of the issue

5 June, 2019

A number of news stories this week have struck me as highlighting the essence of the conflict. None more so than the riots on the Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism. Arabs threw chairs and stones becaus... Read More...

NZ Labour should stand up to MP bringing them down

David Cumin

30 May, 2019

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

New Zealand’s Labour Member for Christchurch Central Dr Duncan Webb is not only out of touch with his own party’s policy, he is out of touch with mainstream opinion around the world. In May, the Israeli city... Read More...

Israel shows off diversity to 200,000,000 viewers

David Cumin

28 May, 2019

Sideroom

It seems strange that Australia and Israel participate in “Eurovision” but that’s not necessarily the strangest feature of the music extravaganza that, this year, featured an Icelandic BDSM punk band and a yode... Read More...

The “Cycle of Violence” continues and New Zealand remains silent

David Cumin

8 May, 2019

Conflict, NZ-ISR Relations, Sideroom

This weekend, more than 700 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israeli civilian areas. It is only because Israel has developed the iron dome and invested in warning systems and bomb shelters that only 4 Israe... Read More...

New Zealand Labour MP continues extreme anti-Israel stance

David Cumin

2 May, 2019

BDS, News, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

A New Zealand Labour MP is actively promoting the discriminatory BDS campaign against Israel. Dr Duncan Webb has recently tweeted that "... is a concrete way to express a political view...". https://twitter.... Read More...

Comparing the outrage: Beyond Christchurch and Sri Lanka

David Cumin

24 April, 2019

NZ-ISR Relations, Sideroom

A number of high-profile commentators – from Ben Shapiro to Maajid Nawaz – have looked at the Twitter accounts of world leaders like Theresa May, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. The commentators have made so... Read More...

Fourty-four parties; many more debates

David Cumin

10 April, 2019

Sideroom

The Israeli elections have just happened - citizens of all ethnicities and religions have voted for who they'd like to represent them in the government. This year, there were 44 parties to choose from (14 major... Read More...

We must all condemn terror

David Cumin

27 March, 2019

Conflict, NZ-ISR Relations

Last week rockets fired from Gaza reached all the way to Tel Aviv for the first time since 2014. There were no casualties: six missiles were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, one failed to clear... Read More...

More extremists in New Zealand Universities

David Cumin

14 March, 2019

NZ-ISR Relations, Sideroom

A little while ago, we reported that a Professor at the University of Auckland, Nicholas Rowe, had openly affiliated with the terror group, PFLP. This week, two more academics have been exposed as having extrem... Read More...

UNHRC continues anti-Israel bias, ignores real violations, turns mandate on its head

David Cumin

4 March, 2019

BDS, News, Opinion, United Nations

The recent United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report that alleges "Israeli soldiers committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law… and may constitute war crimes or crimes agai... Read More...

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