Kia Kaha Aotearoa from a Canadian Muslim
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 conducte... Read More...
New UNESCO Chair is an anti-Israel terror affiliate
UNESCO has established the world's first Chair on Dance and Social Inclusion. However, their choice of co-chair is someone who has publicly affiliated... Read More...
NZ stance on Middle East should take account of changing realities
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 ignore... Read More...
Free speech for me, but not for thee
Many members of the Jewish community - both here in Aotearoa and abroad - are increasingly concerned about antisemitism manifesting in the global anti... Read More...
Making connections with chess
The Netflix movie The Queen’s Gambit has captured the imagination of New Zealand audiences, with many dusting off their chess sets or heading out to t... Read More...
Seismic shifts toward accepting one tiny Jewish state
New Zealand’s new Foreign Minister, Hon. MP Nanaia Mahuta has barely had time to place her feet under her desk, and yet she’s already been lectured by... Read More...
Possibilities for the future of New Zealand’s approach to Israel
It has been long-standing, bipartisan policy that New Zealand supports a negotiated two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This position was... Read More...
What now for the Middle East?
And just like that – the chess board has changed.
Whatever else you and I might think of Trump, he was an undoubted friend of Israel and during his... Read More...
Minto’s distorted picture of complex Palestinian conflict
First published in Dominion Post and Stuff
John Minto has wasted no time in attempting to lecture the incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs, MP Nanaia... Read More...
New Zealand agrees some nations are more equal than others at the UN [again]
It should be clear to any reasonable observer that the United Nations is not a safe space for Israel. For many years, New Zealand has joined the bulli... Read More...