Poll shows strong Kiwi support for Israel A new poll on the attitudes of New Zealanders to Israel, commissioned by the Israel Institute of New Zealand and conducted by Curia Research, shows four times as many kiwis support Israel as are opposed to the Jewish State. Fifty-five…
World premiere of ‘Caging Skies’ coming to Wellington He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”Adolf Hitler Johannes, a zealous member of the Vienna Hitler Youth, discovers a fateful secret –…
Tisha B’Av Tonight marks the start of a fasting festival in the Jewish calendar – a major day of mourning called Tisha B’av (תשעה באב). Although a large number of disasters are said to have befallen the Jewish people on Tisha B’av,…
FIANZ statement reveals double standards President of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), Hazim Arafeh, issued a press release in which he said the representative body of New Zealand Muslims “strongly condemns the indiscriminate and disproportionate Israeli aggressions…” and “is deeply concerned…
Ziv Hospital – a ray of hope Israel has a proud tradition of sending humanitarian medical relief to sites of natural and other disasters around the world, such as the Haiti and Nepal earthquakes, Philippines typhoon, UK floods, and the migrant crisis in Greece. In 2016 the…
The Temple Mount as a microcosm in 10 points Friday saw the heartbreaking murder of two Druze Israeli policemen guarding the Temple Mount, at the hands of three Arab Israelis. This has set off a bewildering chain of events that seems to exemplify a mentality that, if it predominates…
Revolution & evolution In this article, republished with permission from the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, Martyn Levy speaks to the BoardRoom editor about the lessons New Zealand can learn from Israel, why speaking several languages has helped his career, and why…
What NZ can learn from Israel on cybersecurity A New Zealand delegation to Israel says Kiwi businesses and politicians can learn from the country’s approach to commercialising the cybersecurity sector. The trip, organised by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle, coincided with the Cyber Week event in Tel Aviv in…
UNESCO ignores Jewish and Christian ties to Hebron The delegitimisation of Israel and denial of the historical Jewish connection to the Holy Land continues apace with the latest outrageous UNESCO resolution, registering Hebron as a Palestinian heritage site endangered by Israel. Continuing their historical revisionism and disregard…
The Simon & Garfunkel Story coming to New Zealand Following a sold out season on London’s West End and various cities across Europe, the UK production of The Simon & Garfunkel Story returns to NZ for a four centre national tour. Playing one night only in each of Wellington,…
Censorship and the Amazing Bigotry of Artsplash De-judaisation is a term that has recently arisen to describe the growing movement to eradicate the history of the Jewish people, and in particular their millennia-long connection to the land of Israel. De-judaisation has now manifested itself on New Zealand’s…
Shifra Horn: Palestinians spurning offers of peace Fifty years ago this week, Israelis were euphoric. Our young army had just won the Six Day War and our newly created country in our historic homeland had been spared what we thought was our inevitable death and destruction. That…
George Deek: redefining the future Last year when I was in Israel it was my great privilege to spend a fascinating few hours with George Deek, the young Christian Arab Israeli diplomat whose speech about being a Zionist went viral around the time of the…