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The “Wellington-Ramallah nod” at the United Nations?

Such was the state of the United Nations, former Israeli Foreign Minister, Abba Eban, once said “If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of…

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…

New Zealand’s dangerously deluded Foreign Minister

New Zealand Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, is a man on a mission. Undeterred by the failure of Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, John Kerry, Condoleezza Rice and Joe Biden to bring the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to a peaceful…

New Zealand no longer an honest broker of peace

When New Zealand set about campaigning to win a seat on the Security Council, it did so on a platform of even-handedness and fair-mindedness, particularly on the sensitive Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Foreign Minister Murray McCully has since signalled a blatant departure…

Why Biden’s peace plan failed

The day that US vice-president Joe Biden arrived in Israel, an American tourist was killed and many others wounded in a series of Palestinian terror attacks. This was just the latest recent tragedy; since September there have been 201 stabbing…

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…

World tour of leaders’ remembering: NZ disappoints

United Nations International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is designated as Jan 27, the day in 1945 that the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated. In a recent post, we suggested…

Iron and brows furrowed at thoughtful Remembrance Day event

A United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day (UNIHRD) event was held this week in the tiny New Zealand South Waikato town of Tirau, (population 690). Over 120 people attended the event, filling the local (and only) church in town, Tirau…

How you can remember

In 2005 the United Nations designated 27 January as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. This day marked the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. The UN resolution…

I am a Zionist

I am a Zionist. If I announced that, on walking into a party in New Zealand, I would quite likely get a worse reaction than if I declared that I am a P-addicted, ISIS sympathising prostitute. It’s not the kind…

Jewish refugees from Arab lands seek recognition at UN

The Syrian refugee crisis and the “forgotten millions” have dominated news headlines in recent months with potent images of young children washed up on beaches, forever seared in our minds. While currently at record levels, the movement of peoples fleeing…

Bassem Eid on the UN, Palestinian leadership and Iran

Catch Bassem Eid on the UN, Palestinian Leadership and Iran. Filmed in Auckland in August 2015. Produced by Middle East Voices

I’m for peace

I’m pretty sure most, and probably all, of my friends in New Zealand would say that peace is something to aspire to. And if they turned their minds to it at all, they would probably say that they want peace…