Book Review: The War of Return

18 March, 2021

In the wake of the Abrahamic Accords last year, a 2016 video of John Kerry proclaiming that it is "a hard reality" that there will not be peace between Israel and Arab nations before there is peace with the Ara... Read More...

MFAT officials changed one piece of flawed advice to stop aiding terror

David Cumin

8 February, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

In 2018 a resolution was put to the United Nations to - for the first time ever - condemn Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza. However, a procedural motion was raised and the General Assembly voted to requi... Read More...

A lot is in a name, actually

David Cumin

10 December, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, Must View, NZ-ISR Relations

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet;," so says an iconic line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. While the sentiment that names are unimportant is enticing, t... Read More...

Possibilities for the future of New Zealand’s approach to Israel

David Cumin

15 November, 2020

BDS, Must View, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

It has been long-standing, bipartisan policy that New Zealand supports a negotiated two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This position was articulated by Nanaia Mahuta in 2015, when she told Maori T... Read More...

New Zealand agrees some nations are more equal than others at the UN [again]

David Cumin

9 November, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

It should be clear to any reasonable observer that the United Nations is not a safe space for Israel. For many years, New Zealand has joined the bullies at the United Nations and not voted against any of the bi... Read More...

MFAT officials justify NZ-funded hate to minister

David Cumin

3 October, 2020

Conflict, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

Documents obtained under the Official Information Act by the Israel Institute of New Zealand show that, for the first time ever, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) briefed the minister about hate ... Read More...

The 2020 New Zealand election through a lens of Israel relations

David Cumin

30 September, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

A lot can happen in one year and there's no better example of that than 2020. So the refrain of 'They had nine years' used in the previous election to advocate a change of government resonated quite well from t... Read More...

The Israel Report – Live – The Voters’ Guide Part 2

David Cumin

26 September, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, TheIsraelReport, Videos

https://youtu.be/TFgkBSjj2C4 Critical Thinker or Conspiracy Theorist? Ashley Church and Dr David Cumin are joined by Dr Sheree Trotter to discuss Billy Te Kahika's views on Israel. (Note: due to technical di... Read More...

Answering the haters

David Cumin

18 September, 2020

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion, United Nations

Hate group, Kia Ora Gaza, is encouraging people to ask five questions at political meetings. We have prepared some possible answers to the questions and have already seen some aspiring MPs do a very good job of... Read More...

A report of the “tricky question” posed at the Aro Valley meeting

David Cumin

17 September, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

" is often used as cover for antisemitic movements so I cannot agree to the proposition because that particular movement actually has a very, very nasty undercurrent to it."James Shaw New Zealand media reporte... Read More...

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