News – Israel Institute of NZ

Kiwi activist planning another publicity stunt with terrorists

12 December, 2019

Roger Fowler, chair of the hate group Kia Ora Gaza, has recently attended a planning meeting for the 2020 "Freedom Flotilla" alongside terrorists. In the picture above, Fowler is joined by Amin Abu Rashed ... Read More...

New Zealand joins bullies at UN again and supports online incitement

David Cumin

17 November, 2019

Conflict, News, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

The United Nations just passed eight resolutions against Israel and zero against any other country. New Zealand participated in this bullying again, voting for seven and abstaining on one. In contrast, tradi... Read More...

The monomaniacal focus on Israel’s support for Kiwi tertiary institutions

Guest

14 November, 2019

News, NZ-ISR Relations

A recent petition from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) demanded an end to small annual university prizes funded by the Israeli Embassy. The Israeli Ambassador funds two annual prizes, worth a total of $... Read More...

Unveiling a New Zealand contribution in Israel

IINZ

12 November, 2019

News, NZ-ISR Relations

Marion Davis was a child opera star, beginning her career in a juvenile opera company at the age of 14 in Wellington. In 1899, she married Ernest Hyam Davis, a brewer from Auckland. As a wife and mother, she ac... Read More...

New Zealand PM distances herself from online hate group

IINZ

4 November, 2019

BDS, News, NZ-ISR Relations

At the start of October, the Israel Institute of New Zealand (IINZ) exposed antisemitic material within a Facebook group of New Zealand based anti-Israel group Kia Ora Gaza. This included posts that compared Is... Read More...

Online hate uncovered in New Zealand anti-Israel group

IINZ

4 October, 2019

Conflict, Must View, News

A group based in New Zealand has been found to have dozens of antisemitic posts and comments on its Facebook account. The national debate in New Zealand about online hate is being had at all levels of societ... Read More...

National Party MPs call for moving embassy to Israel

David Cumin

30 August, 2019

News, NZ-ISR Relations

Two New Zealand National Party Members Parliament have challenged the government to move the Israeli embassy from Turkey to Israel. Todd McClay, a former ambassador for the Cook Islands and Niue to the Europ... Read More...

How Immigration NZ erased Israel from the map

David Cumin

28 August, 2019

News, NZ-ISR Relations

In June, The Israel Institute sought answers as to how an Immigration NZ ‘fact sheet' was published with politicised distortions of history and a map that totally erased Israel. Once the document was exposed... Read More...

Confusion at MFAT over UNRWA funding

IINZ

27 August, 2019

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

In a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing - MFAT officials seem to be conflicted over whether or not they have suspended payments to UNRWA pending a report on the activities of... Read More...

New Zealand suspends funding to UNRWA

IINZ

25 August, 2019

News, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

New Zealand has now joined the Swiss, Dutch, and Belgium governments in suspending donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following an internal report that found "credible and corrobora... Read More...