David Cumin

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

8 May, 2019

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...

Israel Institute condemns terror from Gaza

David Cumin

6 May, 2019

Conflict, Media Release, NZ-ISR Relations

Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, condemns the more than 600 rockets indiscriminately fired into Israeli civilian areas from Gaza. Three Israelis have been killed and 90 injured and r... 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...

Tel Aviv - the startup city of the startup nation

Reaching for the stars: size matters

David Cumin

27 February, 2019

NZ-ISR Relations, Sideroom

There were two recent events that underscore how Israeli society is reaching for the stars. And succeeding through tenacity, openness, and progressive values. The better-covered of the two is the spacecraft,... Read More...

Reflections on official engagements

David Cumin

15 February, 2019

History, News, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

On 27 January, New Zealand Minister of Defence, Ron Mark, National Party Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson, Tim Macindoe, and other delegates met with Israeli Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Benjam... Read More...

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