New Zealand does not treat all terror equally

26 October, 2021

Yesterday I was surprised to see the hubris my phone displayed by predicting rain today with 100% certainty. How could an algorithm designed to forecast something as notoriously fickle as weather be so confide... Read More...

Is Israel an apartheid state?

Ashley Church

1 September, 2021

History, NZ-ISR Relations

Like many New Zealanders over the age of 50 I can still vividly recall the 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour of New Zealand. It’s an event remembered, not for the game of rugby, but because it divided New Zealander aga... Read More...

New Zealand not sure if it will support racism

IINZ

28 August, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

Less than one month out from the planned 20th anniversary of the Durban Conference, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials have still not decided if they will send a representative t... Read More...

Guardians of the New Zealand Super Fund continue to try and justify double-standards

IINZ

17 August, 2021

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations

Earlier this year, the Guardians of the New Zealand Super Fund made a decision to divest from Israeli banks. The ostensible reason for this was the Israeli banks lending money to Israelis who wished to build... Read More...

NZ should continue to boycott the Durban conference

IINZ

1 July, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations

The first UN conference in Durban in 2001 was a watershed event that demonstrated that the international human rights community had been hijacked by a very ugly and hostile group of activists who were more inte... Read More...

MFAT has decided to continue funding antisemitism and incitement to violence

IINZ

25 June, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

A recently published report, commissioned by the EU, found schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) teach a curriculum replete with antisemitism, incitement to violence against civilian... Read More...

Anti-Israel sentiment in NZ Unions spills over into antisemitism and calls for murder of Jews

David Cumin

24 June, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations

At one of the anti-Israel protests in Auckland last month there was a chant that should strike fear into the hearts of all good-minded New Zealanders: "intifada, intifada… globalise the intifada". The literal t... Read More...

An open letter to AJV

Guest

19 June, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations

Dear members of Alternative Jewish Voices, Shalom and/or Sala ‘am, If you are reading this and you have recognised my name, you’re probably thinking, ‘Oh, here we go, another Zionist stooge from the Jewis... Read More...

IINZ calls for immediate halt to NZ funding of hate and incitement

IINZ

11 June, 2021

Media Release, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

The Israel Institute of New Zealand is calling on the New Zealand government to stop funding hate and incitement. Co-director, Dr David Cumin says “A recent EU-funded report has shown what has been clear for d... Read More...

EU study confirms New Zealand is funding hate

IINZ

10 June, 2021

Must View, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

New Zealand has been giving at least $1m to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) despite decades of clear evidence that their schools in the West Bank and Gaza have been teaching children to hate and ... Read More...