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

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...

Minto’s distorted picture of complex Palestinian conflict

Dr Sheree Trotter

10 November, 2020

Conflict, History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

First published in Dominion Post and Stuff John Minto has wasted no time in attempting to lecture the incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs, MP Nanaia Mahuta, on what he thinks she should be doing in the Middle... Read More...

Ngāpuhi-Israeli Ties Strengthened

Dr Sheree Trotter

26 October, 2020

History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

This article was first published on Times of Israel During the recent Covid 19 lockdown, a small hui (meeting) was held in Northland between members of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) and outgoing Israeli Ambassador... Read More...

From Bauhaus to Penthouse

IINZ

23 October, 2020

History, Must View, Videos

We had the pleasure of hosting via Zoom a fascinating lecture by Michal Minsky, a self-described historical photography researcher and vintage and nostalgia addict. Michal walked us through the story of Tel... Read More...

No peace until Jewish presence accepted

Dr Sheree Trotter

3 July, 2020

History, Must View, News, Opinion

First published on Stuff OPINION: In 2018 I visited Ramallah with two colleagues. In an unanticipated conversation on a street very near Yasser Arafat’s tomb, a friendly and engaging Palestinian lawyer exp... Read More...

Election series: The 52nd NZ government’s dismal record on Israel

IINZ

25 June, 2020

History, Must View, NZ-ISR Relations

At the time of the 2017 election, New Zealand’s relationship with Israel was at an all time low, as a result of the actions of National’s Murray McCully who, in December 2016, put New Zealand forward as a co-sp... Read More...

NZ should join Allies in banning Hezbollah

IINZ

12 May, 2020

Conflict, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

For some time, IINZ has urged the government to recognize the fact that there is no distinction between the ‘military and political wings’ of Hezbollah, the terror organisation supported by Iran. Currently, ... Read More...

New Zealand’s Exuberant Zionist Labour Prime Minister

Dr Sheree Trotter

28 April, 2020

History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

First published on Times of Israel On Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, Sheree Trotter reflects on New Zealand’s role in the establishment of the state of Israel. In 1948 NZ Prime Minister Peter F... Read More...

The gap in our Anzac memory

Dr Sheree Trotter

25 April, 2020

History, Must View, NZ-ISR Relations

First published by Newsroom …the men of New Zealand fought and marched to final and complete victory. Nothing daunted these intrepid fighters; to them nothing was impossible. I am proud to have had the honou... Read More...

San Remo Peace Conference: three thousand years of Jewish history in Israel recognised

IINZ

24 April, 2020

History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

“Perhaps the most important event in the history of the Jewish people after our exile”. This was how Chaim Weizmann, the first President of the State of Israel, described the San Remo Peace conference. Th... Read More...