The BSA and the terror-tories Hey, you didn’t forget about The Occupation for a minute did you? No silly, we are not talking about Northern Cyprus, Tibet, Crimea, Balochistan, Western Sahara, or any of the other occupations around the world that you never hear about….
Dismissed Sheikh still in charge of At-Taqwa Mosque: A cause for concern Sheikh Dr Mohammad Anwar Sahib has been widely condemned for his antisemitic and misogynistic comments. He has now been permanently stood down from his role as secretary of the Federation of Islamic Associations of NZ’s religious advisory board and is…
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…
UNESCO’s shameful historical revisionism The late Israeli diplomat, Abba Eban, once said that, “if Algeria introduced a resolution [at the UN] declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with…
The gaping hole in Shuttleworth’s narrative Green MP Marama Davidson’s ‘Women’s Peace Boat’ mission came to an inauspicious end last week as she was arrested and deported from Israel, having failed to accomplish her mission of reaching Gaza. Of course, she always knew this was the…
Not all Māori on board with Marama Green M.P. Marama Davidson’s involvement with the “Peace Boat” to Gaza is purportedly to raise awareness of the struggle of women in Gaza. However, Davidson has involved herself in one of the world’s most intractable conflicts without attempting to understand…
Green Party “Peace Mission” to Gaza: Nine things to consider Green Party MP, Marama Davidson, is soon to depart on the “women’s peace boat” in an attempt to breach Israel’s legal maritime blockade of Gaza and raise awareness of the Palestinian cause. However, press releases from the Green Party and…
How much Kiwi money has World Vision sent to Hamas? The news broke yesterday that the director of the Gaza branch of World Vision, Mohammed El-Halabi, was arrested by the Israeli internal secret service for allegedly diverting tens of millions of dollars of World Vision funds to the terrorist arm…
Elliott Abrams: “A powerful denunciation of terrorism” Elliott Abrams visited Auckland in September 2015. In this article, he analyses the recent UN report submitted by the Middle East Quartet. The Middle East Quartet’s New Report Misses the Point The Middle East Quartet has just issued its first…
Shuttleworth distorts facts to suit bias in RNZ interview Kate Shuttleworth is a New Zealand journalist based in the Middle East who is a regular contributor to RNZ (formerly Radio New Zealand) and other news outlets, including the Guardian. Her reports often show bias against Israel, which at times…
Government incites, teenager murdered. When will it end? This week a 13 year old Israeli girl was brutally murdered by a 17 year old Palestinian, while asleep in her own bedroom. The vile and cowardly nature of this attack is brought home by the temerity of the perpetrator…
Will McCully utter the ‘T’ word? In a recent video, we showed how the NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully refused to label the recent spate of attacks against Israelis by Palestinians as terrorism, despite being given the opportunity to do so three times. He…
NZ Herald’s shocking inversion of morality The New Zealand Herald performed a startling inversion of morality today; casting hero as villain and terrorist as victim. With the sensational headline, “Shocking footage – Israeli police shoot suspected terrorist”, readers were enticed into watching a brief snippet of…