Electoral considerations

14 July, 2020

Cross-party political unity – it is not often that you see it in a functioning democracy. But back in March-April as the COVID-19 pandemic closed down the world, New Zealand’s politicians joined forces and agre... Read More...

It’s an election year

Perry Trotter

8 July, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, NZ-ISR Relations

Politicking is well underway in NZ and, just as we did prior to the last election, IINZ has created a voter’s guide. It is pleasing to see two of the minor parties holding a strong pro-Israel stance. In contras... 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...

New Zealand’s changing attitude toward Israel

Ashley Church

24 June, 2020

Advocate Newsletter Opeds, NZ-ISR Relations

Last Sunday I made a presentation on ‘New Zealand’s attitude to Israel’ to the Friends of Israel Group at a meeting in Greenlane, Auckland. In many respects the presentation was a stocktake on where New Zealand... Read More...

IINZ 2020 Voters’ Guide

IINZ

18 June, 2020

Must View, NZ-ISR Relations

Welcome to the Israel Institute of New Zealand 2020 Voters' Guide. Our first guide was in 2017 and this one was also compiled after we wrote to all MPs asking for their and their party positions on Israel. ... 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...

The Hypocrisy of New Zealand’s donations to UNRWA

David Cumin

15 March, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion, United Nations

New Zealand should not continue to unquestioningly support a United Nations agency that has become politicised and a barrier to peace. At the very least, New Zealand should acknowledge the egregious and systemi... Read More...