Forget the Jews
Antisemitism globally is displaying an alarming upward trend, a trend that is coincidental with, and likely lubricated and accelerated by, increasing polarization within western style democracies. As is painfully obvious, the latter is a phenomenon from which Israel is not exempt.
Open Letter to PM Jacinda Ardern & Hon Minita Nanaia Mahuta
The Indigenous Coalition for Israel has joined other organisations in calling for the government to stand against the ongoing imbalance and unfair censure of Israel at the United Nations and for the disbanding of the COI.
Media Release Issued by Israel Institute of NZ
IINZ today issued a media release urging the Pasifika community to bring Peter Fa’afiu to account for the lies and antisemitism in Amnesty International’s Israel Report.
Media Release & Letter to Mahuta: NZ Must Say No To Durban Conference
Less than a month out from the infamous Durban conference, former National Party MP, Hon Alfred Ngaro has spoken out on the government’s equivocation over whether NZ will attend the 20th anniversary of a conference that purported to address racism and tolerance, but quickly descended into an antisemitic hate-fest.
NZ must step up against antisemitism
If New Zealand holds to the values of justice and standing against racism, it is incumbent on us to examine our own history in relation to the Holocaust and to step up efforts to ensure that antisemitism is given no ground.
Visiting Auschwitz 75 years after liberation of death camp
My visit to Auschwitz was as profound as it was disturbing, a sense made more acute by awareness of the resurgence of antisemitism across much of Europe.
Not all Māori on board with Marama
The return of Jews to their ancient homeland has been an inspiring example for many indigenous peoples. Even though the Jewish people experienced expulsion and dispossession, they never abandoned their hope of return, and a small Jewish remnant kept ahi kā (continuous presence) in the land over many centuries of dispersal. The rebirth of Hebrew has been an inspiration for the revitalisation of Te Reo Māori in Aotearoa.