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Fairfax takes extremist line on Lorde controversy

Media interest in Lorde’s recent decision to cancel her planned concert in Tel Aviv has been intense, and New Zealand has been no exception. Over the holiday period, newsrooms are sparsely staffed and sometimes juniors are left to run the…

Terms misused by anti-Israel activists: A doublespeak dictionary for modern anti-Semites

In the seemingly intractable conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, words are just as powerful weapons as rockets or knives. Words can kill, but they are also a casualty of the conflict. You may remember Newspeak, the fictional language in…

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When is criticism of Israel anti-Semitic?

When is criticism of Israel anti-Semitic? This vexed question has been brought into focus after the suspensions of several high-profile UK Labour Party officials. Criticism of Israel is not in itself anti-Semitic. Nobody claims Israel, New Zealand, or any other…

Will NZ also stop the BDS rot?

In many countries around the world, human rights are severely lacking. While we Kiwis can do better in some areas, we should be proud of the freedoms and protections we have as a liberal democracy. The types of systematic discrimination…

South Africa was an Apartheid State and Israel is not

What it is necessary to understand is that the movement known as Zionism which, beginning in the nineteenth century, climaxed in the setting up of the state of Israel in 1947, was a response to this long history of persecution….