What now for the Middle East?

12 November, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, NZ-ISR Relations

And just like that – the chess board has changed. Whatever else you and I might think of Trump, he was an undoubted friend of Israel and during his tenure as US President we’ve seen a huge shift toward the n... Read More...

Peace in our time

David Cumin

16 September, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds

It's hard to ignore the public shifts in attitude between some Arab states and Israel. There are numerous theories about why the deals are taking place: some think it's because of the Obama-led Iran deal embold... Read More...

Double standards abound

David Cumin

5 August, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds

This past fortnight there have been two admissions of bias that should be a shock. Most recently, Twitter executives defended their decision to restrict President Trump but not Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kham... Read More...

Hate on our streets again

David Cumin

23 July, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds

News that there might be an announcement of a draft plan to apply Israeli sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria brought hate to the streets of New Zealand. The so-called annexation proposal still hasn't ... Read More...

It’s an election year

Perry Trotter

8 July, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, NZ-ISR Relations

Politicking is well underway in NZ and, just as we did prior to the last election, IINZ has created a voter’s guide. It is pleasing to see two of the minor parties holding a strong pro-Israel stance. In contras... Read More...

New Zealand’s changing attitude toward Israel

Ashley Church

24 June, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, NZ-ISR Relations

Last Sunday I made a presentation on ‘New Zealand’s attitude to Israel’ to the Friends of Israel Group at a meeting in Greenlane, Auckland. In many respects the presentation was a stocktake on where New Zealand... Read More...

The “peaceful” Middle East before 1948

David Cumin

10 June, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, Conflict, History

One of the most pernicious modern lies about Jews is how well they were treated in the Middle East before the re-establishment of the Jewish nation. According to some anti-Israel activists, Jews were treated... Read More...

Exiting Lockdown

David Cumin

27 May, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, Uncategorized

As you read last newsletter, I've been rather occupied with the new member of our family. We also moved house. It's been an interesting lockdown. I hope you have been keeping well! Despite the business, I've... Read More...

Israel’s ongoing challenges in a fraught region

Perry Trotter

13 May, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, Conflict

I expect our readers will all be looking forward to moving to lock-down level 2 and hopefully returning to some sort of normalcy. Many of you may have noticed that fellow director Dr David Cumin has not written... Read More...

Remembrance in challenging times

Perry Trotter

29 April, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds

The past two weeks mark a period of remembrance in the Israeli and the New Zealand calendars. Both countries have had to adapt to the times in finding ‘safe’ ways to commemorate significant national events. ... Read More...