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IINZ Condemns NZ’s Participation In Diplomatic Terrorism
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:10 am | Israel Institute
Our closest democratic allies, Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA either abstained or voted against the resolution. New Zealand is once again out of step. More >>
IINZ Welcomes NZ Decision To Pause UNRWA Funding
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 11:14 am | Israel Institute
Co-director of the Israel Institute of New Zealand, Dr David Cumin, has welcomed New Zealand’s pause in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), following evidence that staff participated in, actively supported, and cheered on ... More >>
IINZ Welcomes UN Acknowldgement
Friday, 12 January 2024, 10:45 am | Israel Institute
The Israel Institute of New Zealand welcomes the United Nations call for “full accountability for the multitude of alleged crimes committed against civilians in Israel in the 7 October attacks” following the findings in the publication of a ... More >>
Beyond The Grotesque Scorecard
Friday, 13 October 2023, 11:50 am | Israel Institute
The horrors of the Hamas massacre have been broadcast. The latest - and most gruesome of which are reports of babies being burnt and decapitated . Verified photos were shown to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Israel on Thursday ... More >>
NZ Announces Funding For Glorification Of Terror
Friday, 23 September 2022, 11:12 am | Israel Institute
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, Hon Minister Mahuta, has moved NZ further from its 5 eyes allies by rewarding incitement to terror via her announcement on Twitter that New Zealand will provide UNWRA with“ $3 million over 3 years” and that “Aotearoa ... More >>
Guardians Of The New Zealand Super Fund Admit Hypocrisy
Monday, 27 September 2021, 8:51 am | Israel Institute
The recent admission by the Guardians of the New Zealand Super Fund that they continue to invest in certain companies complicit in gross human rights violations in (China for example), while conspicuously divesting in others in Israel calls into question ... More >>
IINZ welcomes government decision to boycott UN event
Friday, 10 September 2021, 11:00 am | Israel Institute
The Israel Institute of New Zealand welcomes the news that New Zealand will not be attending ‘Durban IV’, on 22 September, convened by the UN General Assembly to mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban Conference. The inaugural 2001 Durban ... More >>
Israel Institute Calls On Protesters To Reject Antisemitic Violence
Saturday, 4 July 2020, 7:02 am | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on anti-Israel protestors to reject the use of violence during a series of protest marches scheduled to take place around the country on 4 July. Dr Cumin was referring to planned marches ... More >>
Institute stunned by NZ support of bias against Israel
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 9:50 am | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, says he is stunned by New Zealand’s ongoing support of resolutions and actions which condemn Israel while turning a blind eye to real abuses in other nation states. More >>
Israel Institute demands answers from PM on UN resolution
Monday, 3 June 2019, 5:39 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Ashley Church, has slammed the Government for its recent support of a UN World Health Organisation (WHO) resolution which singled out Israel for the “health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories, ... More >>
Israel Institute says NZ taxpayers are funding extremism
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 9:20 am | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, is calling for a moratorium on any further Kiwi taxpayer funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until serious issues of corruption, antisemitism and extremism within that ... More >>
Israel Institute calls on Govt to condemn Hamas attacks
Sunday, 31 March 2019, 5:39 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of NZ calls on Govt to condemn Hamas attacks on Israel Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on the New Zealand Government to follow the example of other liberal democracies and condemn recent Hamas rocket ... More >>
Israel Institute condemns Amnesty's anti-Israel bias
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 3:03 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is condemning the latest act of anti-Israeli discrimination by Amnesty International calling it an ‘act of blatant bias by a once proud organisation’. Dr Cumin was responding to a recent ... More >>
Israel Institute slams Malaysian ban on Israeli Paralympions
Friday, 18 January 2019, 3:19 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on the International Paralympic Committee to move an upcoming Paralympic event out of Malaysia following a decision, by the Malaysian Government, not to allow Israeli athletes to enter the ... More >>
Israel Institute demands answers to NZ abstention
Sunday, 9 December 2018, 6:28 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is demanding to know who was responsible for a ‘bizarre’ decision by New Zealand to abstain on an important procedural vote at the UN which helped pave the way for ‘a small degree of balance ... More >>
Israel Institute condemns hate speech at Music Awards
Friday, 16 November 2018, 2:30 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, has condemned a speech given at the recent Vodafone Music Awards by the lead of New Zealand hip-hop music group Upper Hutt Posse calling it ‘blatant incitement to violence’. More >>
Israel Institute rejects fine on kiwi BDS activists
Friday, 12 October 2018, 8:29 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute rejects fine on kiwi BDS activists Support for the rights of Boycott, Divest and Sanctions’ (BDS) advocates’ to have their say has come from a surprising source with Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, defending ... More >>
Israel Institute calls on Govt to distance itself
Monday, 13 August 2018, 8:58 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute calls on Govt to distance itself from terrorism Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on the Government to distance itself from a decision by Labour MP, Dr Duncan Webb, to host a meeting featuring ... More >>
Israel Institute demands a New Zealand response
Sunday, 15 July 2018, 2:59 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute demands a New Zealand response to continuing Hamas attacks on Israel Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, is calling on the Government to strongly condemn the latest round of attacks on Israel by Palestinian terror groups. ... More >>
Israel Institute demands a NZ response to Hamas attacks
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 4:59 pm | Israel Institute
Israel Institute demands a New Zealand response to Hamas attacks on Israel Israel Institute of New Zealand director David Cumin says that New Zealands continued failure to condemn Hamas for attacks on Israel has become untenable and morally bankrupt: ... More >>