Conflict – Israel Institute of NZ

At 71, Israel as a Jewish state is justified

19 May, 2019

Conflict, History, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion, United Nations

A JEWISH STATE WAS NEEDED On the 14th May 1948 the first Prime Minister of the modern State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, proclaimed these words in Israel’s Declaration of Independence: “The catastrophe whic... Read More...

Rocket attacks, peace prospects, and the lessons of history

Guest

12 May, 2019

Conflict, History, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

The current upsurge in rocket attacks against Israel, has resulted in the usual suggestions that it's all their fault. The start-point for the blame game is the idea that 'Palestinians' have a connection to tha... 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...

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...

Israel Institute of NZ calls on Govt to condemn Hamas attacks on Israel

IINZ

31 March, 2019

Conflict, Media Release, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on the New Zealand Government to follow the example of other liberal democracies and condemn recent Hamas rocket attacks against civilians in... 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...

Warm welcome for NZ Defence Minister in Israel

David Cumin

30 January, 2019

Conflict, News, NZ-ISR Relations

A delegation of Kiwi diplomats received a warm welcome from Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, this week in Jerusalem. Israeli news reported that Netanyahu said Israel has "good relations with New Z... Read More...

UN Security Council fails to take action on Hezbollah

David Cumin

22 December, 2018

Conflict, News, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

Just one fortnight on from the United Nations General Assembly's failure to pass a resolution condemning Hamas, the Security Council has failed to take any action in the face of Hezbollah terror tunnels recentl... Read More...

Holding Palestinian leaders to account

IINZ

6 December, 2018

Conflict, Opinion, Videos

Interviewing the Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum for the German media outlet Deutsche Welle, Tim Sebastian asked hard questions about the PA dealings wi... Read More...

Israel Institute condemns hate speech at Vodafone Music Awards

IINZ

16 November, 2018

Conflict, Media Release, News, NZ-ISR Relations

Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, has condemned a speech given at the recent Vodafone Music Awards by the lead of New Zealand hip-hop music group Upper Hutt Posse, calling it 'blatant in... Read More...