Hezbollah, Iran’s Proxy, poses a threat that needs to be taken seriously Our government should follow the example of the UK, the US, Canada, the Arab League and The United Arab Emirates, among other nations, in designating the whole of Hezbollah a terror organisation.
Minto’s mindless myopia Minto displays a pathological and delusional fixation on Israel, a country half the size of Canterbury, that cannot be explained simply as concern for Palestinians, and that is disproportionate to any other state in the world, including those whose human rights records are far, far worse.
At 71, Israel as a Jewish state is justified A JEWISH STATE WAS NEEDED On the 14th May 1948 the first Prime Minister of the modern State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, proclaimed these words in Israel’s Declaration of Independence: “The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people—the massacre of…
A Kiwi Holocaust survivor’s remarkable story Dad has shown us what it is to work hard. To survive. To keep Judaism alive in the face of adversity, hatred, starvation and fear. To pursue freedom and to never look back.
Why Golriz Ghahraman should not be the guardian of our speech It’s hard to take someone seriously who wants to criminalise people for their harmful words, but is not prepared to be held to account for her own harmful words. Such is the far left’s belief in their own moral superiority that, while they point the finger of blame at others with alacrity, they appear to lack the self-awareness and self-reflection that would lead them to at least wonder whether they themselves are complicit in contributing to a divisive and hateful society.
Kiwi Commentators Reveal Holocaust Ignorance Amongst the recent legitimate outcry about the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents on the southern border of the United States, many commentators around the world have been quick to raise analogies with the treatment of Jews…
Shia leaders deny Holocaust and call for destruction of Israel in New Zealand Mosque A disturbing hate-speech-laden video has emerged, from a mosque in Pakuranga, Auckland, which promotes Holocaust denial and calls for the destruction of Israel. The remarks were made by a diplomat and counsellor at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of…
The unwarranted cost of iconic status Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt in 1929, the daughter of Edith and Otto Frank. By age 10, when her family fled Germany for the Netherlands, she had already known discrimination and dislocation. By age 15, like 1.5 million other…
Did NZ become a post-war haven for Nazis? The recent airing of the TVNZ Sunday program featuring Willi Huber has raised some disturbing questions. At a time when the New Zealand government’s policies towards refugees from the Holocaust were highly restrictive, it appears that Nazis were able to…
TVNZ honours Nazi soldier, minimises Holocaust A recent Sunday programme on TVNZ reported on a “remarkable survivor” of World War II who arrived in New Zealand in the 1950s. This was not a Jewish refugee who survived the war and the horrors of death camps. Nor…
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 –…
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…
New Zealand director tells story of righteous couple The other night I commented to my book club about how much literature is still written about the Second World War and the Holocaust in particular. The same is true of movies. The Zookeeper’s Wife is both a book by…