Despite recent reports of Druze being targeted again in southern Syria, New Zealand has made no official comment. No condemnation. No statement of concern. Not even a symbolic gesture of solidarity. Its silence has been deafening.
Those who claim to care about Palestinian lives must stop enabling the terrorist group that has sacrificed them for political gain. Gaza will only be free when it is free of Hamas.
A few thoughts on the government's recent decision to rescind prisoners' voting rights and the passing of Pope Francis. What a combo! Plus, a preview of my trip to Israel.
Decades of scholarship have shown that hatred directed against Jews is one of the most overt symptoms of a deeper disease: a moral confusion fueled by emotional trauma and its accompanying self-hatred.
The State of Israel is, in every sense, a miracle. But miracles have costs. Its soil is soaked in tears. Its streets echo with memories. Its citizens carry the burden of both history and hope.
“We appreciate the help that we’re getting from the United States” – Netanyahu
We must affirm Israel’s right to defend its citizens with the same moral clarity we afford every other nation. To do otherwise is not just inconsistent – it’s unjust.
Holocaust distortion, denial, and erasure seep subtly into classrooms, campuses, and discourse. We must remain vigilant – not only out of solidarity with global Jewry, but as a commitment to our own democratic and humane values.
When terror wears a red crescent, it isn’t protected – it is disguising itself. And the world must stop pretending otherwise.
Israel is not just a state – it is the embodiment of the triumph of a people over history’s greatest injustices, and a living example of the enduring power of the human spirit to overcome even the harshest of adversities.
Donors, NGOs, and hospital administrators have moral leverage. They provide resources, training, infrastructure. That gives them a voice. It’s time they used it to pressure Hamas to stop operating from hospitals.
It is deeply disrespectful to distort Jewish ritual into a tool for anti-Zionist activism. It is not justice. It is not liberation. It is appropriation.
To embrace Jewish identity fully (unapologetically and joyfully) is the most powerful response to those who have sought, and still seek, to erase it. Our answer to centuries of erasure is this: Am Yisrael Chai.
At a time when credibility and even-handedness are desperately needed, the UN Secretary-General has chosen ideology over integrity. That doesn’t just undermine Israel – it undermines the very institutions meant to foster peace.
