NZ Super Fund panders to extremists with discriminatory Israel boycott In the name of “responsible investing”, the NZ Super Fund has decided to blacklist Israeli banks. You would be forgiven for missing this development, as the decision was made with no public announcement or engagement. It would have stayed quiet…
It is anti-semitic to oppose Israel’s right to exist Criticism of Israeli government policy and actions is not only legitimate but is a vital and important aspect of any democracy. Israel should be challenged and scrutinised in the same way as any other country, yet too often this is…
International law expert: New Zealand made a terrible mistake at the UN Professor Alan Dershowitz needs little introduction in legal circles. A preeminent civil-liberties and constitutional lawyer and recently-retired Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, he has also been described as “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world” after taking on…
‘Lorde takes a bow to the bullies’ Lorde has announced that she has decided to cancel her show in Tel Aviv, Israel, after predictable calls for her to do so. She was told that to perform there would be to “break the boycott”. A boycott that is…