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# It Seems that for the NZ Government Jews are NOT us: Israel Snubbed for Holocaust Remembrance Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/it-seems-that-for-the-nz-government-jews-are-not-us-israel-snubbed-for-holocaust-remembrance-day/
- Published: 2020-01-21T23:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-21T23:41:05.000Z
- Author: Xavier Theodore Reginald Ordinary
- Tags: Featured, NZ Politics, Politics, World Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

David Farrar [writes about the snub to Israel](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2020/01/why%5Fis%5Fnew%5Fzealand%5Fmissing.html?ref=goodoil.news) by our government in failing to send a representative to the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz:

> This year marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

> On the 23rd of January (World Holocaust Memorial Day), the Fifth World Holocaust Forum is being held in Israel, hosted by the President of Israel and [Yad Vashem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yad%5FVashem?ref=goodoil.news).

> Invites were sent to many world leaders, including New Zealand. And [leaders from 46 countries are attending](https://worldholocaustforum.org/press/press-releases/leaders-from-the-united-states-russia-france-the-united-kingdom-and-germany-to-address-the-fifth-world-holocaust-forum-at-yad-vashem/?ref=goodoil.news) including US Vice President Mike Pence; French President Emmanuel Macron; Russian President Vladimir Putin; Charles, the Prince of Wales; and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeie.

> The attendees include:

> Presidents – Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, EU x 3, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, US  
>  
> Prime Ministers: Czech, Denmark, Sweden  
>  
> Governor-General: Australia, Canada  
>  
> Speakers: Belarus, Latvia, US  
>  
> Monarchs: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, UK  
>  
> Ambassadors: Holy See  
>  
> Ministers: Monaco

> Now who is missing?  
>  
> Which is the (almost) sole first world country that is absent?  
>  
> New Zealand. Not only did we decide not to send the Governor-General, we’re sending no-one at all. Not even a Minister or an Ambassador.

What a disgrace. Credible sources tell me that the government is in meltdown about this and are saying that they’ve tried to send the Governor-General but couldn’t make last-minute arrangements for security reasons. It is a hollow excuse as Israel would be able to easily accommodate the security for our Governor-General. They have the worlds best security forces, it would be easy to handle New Zealand’s meagre requirements.

But it gets worse for the government as they scramble for a response. The Governor-General wrote to the Israeli Ambassador two and a half months ago about this very issue. So the government knew about the commemorations months ago and even wrote a letter from our head of state about it. **They can’t now claim that it was a mistake.**

I wonder what an OIA of the diaries of the Governor-General, the Ambassador, and the Prime Minister will show what was more important than attending the 75th Commemorations.

It seems that for the NZ Government Jews are NOT us.