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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.

Elliott Abrams: Honor and Dishonor at the United Nations

The United States was badly outnumbered in the General Assembly. There were just 67 countries who could be said to be on “our side” in that they didn’t vote against our position. No, not this week’s vote on Jerusalem. This…

Hate on the streets of Auckland and hypocrisy in the Beehive

Newshub reported that there were “at least 50”, TVNZ said there were “hundreds”, and one of the the organising groups thought they counted 400 people protesting in Auckland. In reality, approximately 150 people gathered in Aotea Square in Auckland to…

McCully secures shameful legacy for NZ at UNSC

As New Zealand prepares to finish its time on the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Murray McCully will be remembered for his complicity in making it illegal for Jews to pray at their holiest site, the Western Wall. In the…

New Zealander makes history swimming across Dead Sea

The hypersaline lake at the lowest point on Earth is where people from all over the world take pictures of themselves reading the paper while floating. It’s dangerous to put your face in the water – even a drop of…

Do Jewish lives matter to Murray McCully?

While Prime Minister Key “stands with Belgium in the fight against terrorism”, and Foreign Minister McCully “stand[s] with the people and Government of Turkey in their fight against terrorism”, neither can bring themselves to stand with Israel against their fight…

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…