It’s not really about Palestine
In reality, opinions on Palestine have very little to do with Palestine. Palestine has been taken up as a symbol of victimhood, particularly by the Left. This explains why people have been willing to turn a blind eye to the barbarity of Hamas, the brutal slaughter of 1200 innocent people, the rape, burning of babies, beheadings and kidnapping of civilians.
Indigenous & Community Collaboration in Australia
The panel highlighted how Indigenous and Jewish communities share histories of dispossession, resilience, and cultural renewal. Their collaboration offers a model of solidarity and social strength for Australia.
The Genocide Libel
The word genocide has been thrown about freely by anti-Israel activists and politicians - without serious consideration of the meaning of the word and the truth of the claim. Of course for the accusers, it doesn’t matter. It is enough to simply use the word to do the damage.
Declaration from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia
We, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, as custodians of the land of Australia, declare to the Israel nation, its people, and its government, that we DO NOT stand with the government of Australia in recognising Palestine as a nation state.
Do You Know What You’re Marching For?
New Zealanders are being urged to march to sanction Israel. Dr Sheree Trotter asks the activists: “Do you really know what you are marching for?”
The Quiet Social Engineering of Morocco’s Indigenous Identity
To understand Morocco's transformation, one must first grasp the imperial origins of the Arab nationalism that shaped its post-independence trajectory. Far from being an authentic anti-colonial movement, Arab nationalism was deliberately cultivated by British intelligence during World War I as a tool to fragment the Ottoman Empire whilst maintaining Western influence over the Middle East.
Appropriating Struggle: Keffiyahs, Politics, and the Contradictions of the New Zealand Left
In New Zealand, the political embrace of the Palestinian cause has become increasingly pronounced among parties and parliamentarians on the left. Groups such as the Greens and Te Pāti Māori – often the loudest voices of “social justice” and “decolonisation” rhetoric – have taken to amplifying Palestinian slogans, adopting Palestinian flags, and draping themselves in the keffiyah.
Liberia, Israel’s West African friends
Among Liberia’s many ethnic groups, the Indigenous Gio people, also known as the Dan, carry a legacy of strength, community, and spiritual depth. Though historically known for their warrior traditions and vibrant cultural expressions, the Gio have also embraced the values of peace and reconciliation.
Recognition of a Palestinian State: “Not Yet and Not Until”
A delegation of leaders met with government officials to outline why recognition of a Palestinian state at this time would be legally problematic, and inconsistent with New Zealand’s foreign policy principles.
The Israeli Settlers
In the media, whether worldwide or in Israel, we only hear about them when there are riots and violence against Palestinians or Israeli soldiers. If this comes from settlers, they are extremists who make up a tiny part of the total population of so-called Israeli settlers. Otherwise, among the almost 800,000 Israelis who live today in the Golan Heights, in Judea and Samaria, and in East Jerusalem, we find all kinds of people whom we otherwise encounter in Israeli society.
Jewish Peoplehood in an Age of Antizionism
…antisemitism is not a set of ideas to debate, but a structure of power. It mobilizes majorities to redefine what’s real—so that Jewish resistance, Jewish speech, Jewish life itself, becomes not just wrong, or criticizable, but illegible.
Joint Statement on Gaza: An Inversion of Reality
We, the undersigned organisations, express grave concern over the recent joint declaration by New Zealand and 24 other nations condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza and accusing it of obstructing humanitarian aid.
Growing Pacific Wave of Indigenous Support for Israel
In a time of global uncertainty and shifting political alliances, a journey through the Pacific has revealed a powerful and inspiring truth: the heart of the Pacific still beats with deep faith, strong cultural identity, and unwavering support for Israel.
First Nations leaders denounce Kneecap
Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, partnered with Allied Voices for Israel and the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation to urge Live Nation in Toronto and MRG Group in Vancouver to refuse to provide a space for the band Kneecap, which is scheduled to perform in October 2025.
The Antizionist Pseudo-Consensus
Adam Louis-Klein discusses the way in which a system of Jew hatred has been built within academia and maintained by political power rather than Intellectual integrity. This system creates a fake sense of agreement (“pseudo-consensus”) by endlessly repeating rumors instead of using evidence or reason.
Indigeneity Between Genealogy and Power
In the settler-colonial contexts of the modern West—like the Americas or Australia—these two meanings overlap. The colonized were also the ancestral peoples. As a result, “indigeneity” comes to imply both firstness and oppression—producing a powerful rhetoric of double moral legitimacy: the right of original belonging fused with the moral capital of the victim. But this fusion breaks down in other regions—especially the Middle East.
Indigenous Peoples and the Land of Israel
…my research also gave me the opportunity to continue my activities with the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, who represent Israel supporters amongst indigenous peoples including the Māori of New Zealand, Aborigines of Australia, First Nations of Canada and the United States, the Inuit, and the indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, here in Israel.
Antisemitic Assimilation in Academia:When the Academy and Jewishness Collide
One of the ways antisemitic assimilation works in academia is through the structures of authority, respect, and citation. If a scholar embeds antisemitic assumptions into their work—framing Jews as settler-colonial, denying Jewish peoplehood, erasing Jewish indigeneity—and that work gains traction among the (mostly non-Jewish) academic majority, it becomes something everyone is expected to cite and “engage with.”
Israel: 77 years
Antizionism targets and discriminates against the Jewish state as an equal member of the family of nations, under the banner of human rights. Fundamentally, it suggests that the Jewish people’s right to self-determination, guaranteed to us and all peoples in the UN Charter, is illegitimate or “supremacist”, and that Israel, alone among all the nation states of the world, must be dismantled or destroyed.
Joint Statement with Canadian First Nations Leaders
We are deeply disappointed by the Joint statement, co-signed by Canada on “the situation in Gaza and the West Bank”. This call rewards Hamas for the torture and murder of 1,200 innocent civilians on 7 October 2023 and the kidnapping of civilians.
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