A talk with a Palestinian lawyer in Ramallah
August 17, 2022 by Sheree Trotter
In 2018, we had the opportunity to visit Ramallah with our German friend, former journalist, Johannes Gerloff. We had just visited Yasser Arafat’s tomb and were returning to our car when we encountered a rather irate Palestinian lawyer who was happy to engage with us and what he shared was revealing. Read more
Questioning Israel’s Right To Exist
April 4, 2022 by Sheree Trotter
The Survey of Antisemitism in New Zealand 2021 was released last week by the New Zealand Jewish Council. The survey covers a range of manifestations of antisemitism including far-right nationalist, Islamic, leftist and anti-Zionist. Read more
NZ Indigenous coalition queries why New Zealand does not have an embassy in Israel
September 20, 2021 by Sheree Trotter
Durban: “nothing to discuss”
September 6, 2021 by Sheree Trotter
Less than a month out from the infamous Durban conference, former National Party MP, Alfred Ngaro has spoken out on the government’s equivocation over whether NZ will attend the 20th anniversary of a conference that purported to address racism and tolerance but quickly descended into an antisemitic hate-fest. Read more
No peace until Jewish presence accepted
July 7, 2020 by Sheree Trotter
In 2018 I visited Ramallah with two colleagues. In an unanticipated conversation on a street very near Arafat’s tomb, a friendly and engaging Palestinian lawyer explained to us that their leaders were like gangs, they were corrupt and ‘monopolise the money’. Read more
Maoris apologise to Israel
August 1, 2018 by Sheree Trotter
History was made on 29 July 2018 when the indigenous people of New Zealand organised a special ceremony to honour and welcome the Israeli ambassador, His Excellency Dr. Itzhak Gerberg. Read more
United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Tirau
January 29, 2016 by Sheree Trotter
A United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day (UNIHRD) event was held this week in the tiny New Zealand South Waikato town of Tirau, (population 690). Over 120 people attended the event, filling the local (and only) church in town, Tirau Cooperating Church, a combined Presbyterian and Anglican Church. Read more
ISIL: A Copycat of Israel?…asks Sheree Trotter
July 13, 2015 by Sheree Trotter
‘Israel has really set the benchmark for barbarism in the area and many other despots and dictators, such as the one in Syria, Egypt, and even ISIL are really copycats of the Israeli occupation and siege and brutality.’ [1] These are the words of Kia Ora Gaza’s Roger Fowler, in his recent appearance on New Zealand’s Māori TV’s Native Affairs programme. Read more
