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Response to recent interception of the freedom flotilla III
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 3:21 pm | Israeli Embassy
Recent pronouncements and interviews concerning the Marianne ship have deliberately obscured some basic facts: 1. Gaza is open to all humanitarian aid through the crossings from Israel. 2. Every day about 550 truckloads of goods carrying everything from ... More >>
UNHRC decision is a travesty - Israel
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 12:15 pm | Israeli Embassy
The decision today by the UNHRC [UN Human Rights Council] is a travesty and should be rejected by decent people everywhere. Rather than investigate Hamas, which is committing a double war crime by firing rockets at Israeli civilians while hiding ... More >>
Whose Peace is it anyway?
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 2:24 pm | Israeli Embassy
The news about the agreement reached by the Fatah movement and Hamas adds a new obstacle in the already complex situation of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. More >>
Auckland’s first-ever Hanukah in the Park
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 4:36 pm | Israeli Embassy
Join Auckland’s Jewish community and the Israeli Embassy to celebrate the festival of Hanukah with an evening which will include singing performances, live Klezmer music with The Truppmann Brothers, arts and crafts stories and activities for the ... More >>
Israel: Iran Will Continue to Be Judged By Its Actions
Monday, 17 June 2013, 2:01 pm | Israeli Embassy
The President-elect in Iran had been shortlisted by the Ayatollah Khamenei, who disqualified and removed candidates who did not conform to his extremist views. Iran's nuclear program has so far been determined by Khamenei, and not by Iran's President. More >>
Israeli Ambassador Shemi Tzur on rocket fire from Gaza
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 5:34 pm | Israeli Embassy
For several days, the residents of southern Israel have been under yet another bombardment from Gaza. Since midnight, more than 70 rockets and mortars have been fired on Israel, severely injuring 3 workers from Thailand and causing extensive damage to civilian ... More >>
Christians in the Gaza Strip
Friday, 27 July 2012, 1:38 pm | Israeli Embassy
27 July 2012 Christians in the Gaza Strip: Mistreatment and Allegations of Forced Conversions The situation of the tiny Christian community of the Gaza Strip, which reportedly (AP) comprises 1,500 members residing amongst 1.5 million Muslims, is ... More >>
PM Netanyahu Refers to Iran and Events in Egypt
Friday, 25 November 2011, 10:52 am | Israeli Embassy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Thursday), 24.11.11, at his joint press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, made the following remarks: More >>
Infiltration attempt thwarted on Egyptian border
Friday, 25 November 2011, 10:51 am | Israeli Embassy
Earlier this evening, while patrolling on the Israeli-Egyptian border, IDF soldiers identified a group of armed suspects that infiltrated into Israel during a smuggling attempt. IDF soldiers attempted to apprehend the suspects. Following their refusal ... More >>
Israeli Embassy welcomes returned soldier
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 12:13 pm | Israeli Embassy
Israel’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Shemi Tzur, today welcomed the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit, who arrived back in Israel yesterday after more than five years being held in solitary confinement by the Hamas regime in Gaza. More >>
Israeli Embassy Response To The Attacks In Israel
Monday, 22 August 2011, 2:40 pm | Israeli Embassy
The Israeli Embassy in Wellington conveys its condolences to the family and friends of New Zealand SAS Corporal Doug Grant, who lost his life in his efforts to save hostages held in the city of Kabul. Our hearts and minds go out to them in this difficult ... More >>
8 killed & over 40 wounded in Southern Israel terror attack
Friday, 19 August 2011, 11:31 am | Israeli Embassy
At midday, terrorists opened fire on a bus north of Eilat. 8 people died and over 40 people were injured as a result of the attack. The wounded were evacuated to nearby hospitals. More >>
Cabinet Communique 26.6.11
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 12:32 pm | Israeli Embassy
"Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of Gilad Shalit's abduction. He is being held by a brutal enemy, Hamas, which refuses to uphold either the minimal demands of the international treaties or humanitarian conditions. It has refused to allow him even ... More >>
The Dangers of Premature Recognition of a Palestinian State
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 10:57 am | Israeli Embassy
A unilateral declaration harms true peace, challenging the most basic principles of Mideast peacemaking, and undermines all internationally accepted frameworks for peace. All call for a mutually-negotiated and agreed resolution of the conflict. ... More >>
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs in Jerusalem
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 12:18 pm | Israeli Embassy
Despite appeals from Palestinian and Jewish activists groups to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to abandon her plans to sing at the Israel festival the soprano performed last Saturday (the 4th of June) to an ecstatic audience in Jerusalem. After her performance Dame ... More >>
Israel congratulates US on elimination of Osama Bin Laden
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 10:57 am | Israeli Embassy
The State of Israel joins the American people on this historic day in celebrating the elimination of Osama Bin Laden. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates US President Barack Obama, America's military and its intelligence services on this ... More >>
Deal with Hamas harms prospect for independent Palestine
Friday, 29 April 2011, 11:19 am | Israeli Embassy
An agreement with Hamas - a terrorist organization - jeopardizes the prospect for an independent Palestinian State, says Israel's President Shimon Perez. More >>
A Palestinian 'Gift' for Passover
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 10:13 am | Israeli Embassy
The Palestinian Authority has honoured the mastermind responsible for the ‘Passover Massacre’ a terrorist atrocity which claimed the lives of 30 innocent Israeli citizens attending the ‘Seder’ the traditional Passover meal at the Netanya’s Park Hotel ... More >>
Israel under fire - April 2011
Monday, 11 April 2011, 10:55 am | Israeli Embassy
Following the missile attack on a school bus on Thursday, April 7, over 120 rockets and mortar shells were fired on Israel's south by Gaza terror groups over the weekend. More >>
Behind the Headlines: Hamas' Attack on an Israeli School Bus
Monday, 11 April 2011, 10:33 am | Israeli Embassy
Israel is facing a new round of attacks from Gaza that began with Thursday's (7 April) strike on a school bus at the Sa'ar junction in southern Israel. As a result of an anti-tank missile hit, a 16 year-old schoolboy was very critically injured and is ... More >>
