OPINION: Over the last decade or so there has been a noticeable increase in bias of the New Zealand government against Israel. This despite New Zealand voting in favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan. Whilst the slide in government opinion can arguably be traced back to the Clark government, it reached its peak on the world stage under the …
Shalom, Kia ora koutou katoa and good evening. I bring greetings to Yom HaShoah 2018 from the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and the Minister for Ethnic Communities the Hon Jenny Salesa. I’m pleased to be here after making it through from Wellington this afternoon given that a number of other guests were not able to …
May 8, 2017 On 1 May, New Zealand said goodbye to Murray McCully who ended his tenure as Foreign Minister and welcomed in Gerry Brownlee. On the 30 April, McCully gave an interview about his time as Foreign Minister to Jessica Mutch, in which he spoke about United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334. McCully, whilst …
January 13, 2017 On Friday, December 23, 2016, Foreign Minister Murray McCully, on behalf of New Zealand, co-sponsored United Nations Security resolution 2334 which labelled all settlements and territories “occupied” after 1967 by Israel as “illegal”. I am no lawyer, but I know that it is anything but a foregone conclusion. To begin with, Israel …