NZ-ISR Relations – Israel Institute of NZ

Immigration New Zealand “fact sheet” erases Israel and distorts history

14 June, 2019

History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

Immigration New Zealand’s ‘State of Palestine Refugee Quota Factsheet’ presents a one-sided, distorted and politicised narrative of the Israel/Palestine conflict and totally erases Israel from the map. The f... Read More...

Israel Institute demands answers from PM on UN WHO resolution

IINZ

3 June, 2019

Media Release, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Ashley Church, has slammed the Government for its recent support of a UN World Health Organisation (WHO) resolution which singled out Israel for the “health conditio... Read More...

NZ Labour should stand up to MP bringing them down

David Cumin

30 May, 2019

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

New Zealand’s Labour Member for Christchurch Central Dr Duncan Webb is not only out of touch with his own party’s policy, he is out of touch with mainstream opinion around the world. In May, the Israeli city... Read More...

Israel Institute says New Zealand taxpayers are funding extremism

IINZ

20 May, 2019

Media Release, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, is calling for a moratorium on any further Kiwi taxpayer funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until serious issues of corrup... Read More...

At 71, Israel as a Jewish state is justified

Guest

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...

New Zealand Labour MP continues extreme anti-Israel stance

David Cumin

2 May, 2019

BDS, News, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

A New Zealand Labour MP is actively promoting the discriminatory BDS campaign against Israel. Dr Duncan Webb has recently tweeted that "... is a concrete way to express a political view...". https://twitter.... Read More...

Comparing the outrage: Beyond Christchurch and Sri Lanka

David Cumin

24 April, 2019

NZ-ISR Relations, Sideroom

A number of high-profile commentators – from Ben Shapiro to Maajid Nawaz – have looked at the Twitter accounts of world leaders like Theresa May, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. The commentators have made so... Read More...