Book Review – Israel Institute of NZ

Book Review: Speaking for Israel

17 December, 2019

Book Review, Conflict, History, Opinion, United Nations

The United Nations spends a disproportionate amount of time condemning Israel. So the Israeli representative to the international body has a lot of work to do and many speeches to give - inside and outside the ... Read More...

Book Review: Industry of Lies

David Cumin

24 January, 2019

Book Review, Opinion

Ironically, the phrase "a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes" is frequently attributed to the wrong person. Regardless of who said it, the sentiment is as true... Read More...

Book Review: Thou Shalt Innovate

David Cumin

17 January, 2019

Book Review, Opinion

Israel is a nation of 8 million people living on approximately 22,000km2 (half the land area of New Zealand's Canterbury region), is surrounded by hostile countries that do not share liberal democratic values, ... Read More...

Book Review: Catch the Jew!

David Cumin

26 April, 2018

BDS, Book Review, Conflict, Opinion, United Nations

Posing as "Tobi the German", author of Catch the Jew!, Tuvia Tenenbom, hides his knowledge of the land, politics, and all three official Israeli languages (plus German) to interview high-ranking politicians, ce... Read More...

Book Review: The Case for Israel

David Cumin

28 February, 2018

BDS, Book Review, Conflict, Opinion, Uncategorized, United Nations

Professor Alan Dershowitz recently gave a talk at the University of Auckland. He was the youngest ever person to be made a professor at Harvard University and continues in that role, specialising in constitutio... Read More...

Book Review: The Anti-Israel Agenda

David Cumin

21 February, 2018

BDS, Book Review, Conflict, Opinion, Uncategorized, United Nations

“In the Middle Ages, Jews were hated because of their religion. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century they were hated because of their race. Today they are hated because of their nation state, the state... Read More...