A Muslim Moroccan Reaction to the normalization deal with Israel

14 January, 2021

On Thursday, December 10th, 2020, something happened that brought more joyful tears, sighs of relief, and a delightful surprise to me as a Moroccan Muslim and many of my Jewish Moroccan counterparts around the ... Read More...

Kia Kaha Aotearoa from a Canadian Muslim

Guest

9 December, 2020

Must View, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

I, Walid Tamtam, a Canadian Muslim student have watched, like much of the Western world, with admiration for the way in which New Zealand has conducted itself in the wake of the terror attack and now in the mid... Read More...

NZ stance on Middle East should take account of changing realities

Guest

3 December, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

John Minto’s call on our new government and foreign minister to adopt his formula for changes in New Zealand’s relations with Israel completely ignores what is now actually happening in the Middle East. Two ... Read More...

The Israel Report – Live – The Voters’ Guide Part 3

IINZ

14 October, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion, TheIsraelReport

The third and final Live chat in our election 2020 series. This discussion between Ashley Church and Dr David Cumin discusses some of the individuals in our political parties and their views toward Israel.... Read More...

The 2020 New Zealand election through a lens of Israel relations

David Cumin

30 September, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

A lot can happen in one year and there's no better example of that than 2020. So the refrain of 'They had nine years' used in the previous election to advocate a change of government resonated quite well from t... Read More...

Answering the haters

David Cumin

18 September, 2020

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion, United Nations

Hate group, Kia Ora Gaza, is encouraging people to ask five questions at political meetings. We have prepared some possible answers to the questions and have already seen some aspiring MPs do a very good job of... Read More...

A report of the “tricky question” posed at the Aro Valley meeting

David Cumin

17 September, 2020

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion

" is often used as cover for antisemitic movements so I cannot agree to the proposition because that particular movement actually has a very, very nasty undercurrent to it."James Shaw New Zealand media reporte... 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...

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...

Give peace a chance

Guest

4 February, 2020

Conflict, Opinion

On 29 January 2020, president Trump finally presented his long-awaited ‘Deal of the Century’, his vision to end the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis, a conflict which has been going on... Read More...