Comments on: An open letter to the Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English

By: ari katz

ari katz — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 08:33:32 +0000

An outstanding letter – New Zealand Government should hang its head in shame! Do they have any shame?

By: Leon Poddebsky

Leon Poddebsky — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:09:29 +0000

David

It’s not just the UN; it’s the UN’s constituent governments.
They seem to be deluding themselves that the model for Israel’s reactions will be the Jews of Europe in 1933-45 rather than the barely half million Jews of the Yishuv who overcame the combined power of the “Palestinian” Arabs and all the Arab states in the war of Arab aggression, 1947-49.

By: Noel Hilliam

Noel Hilliam — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 05:20:07 +0000

You must be praised for the letter you sent to our Prime minister unfortunately as you will see in the future you will see this person has no guts he is a wimp and will not be prime minister after the next election.
You comment about our maori is totally wrong they are not the original people of this country they were brought here by the chinese portuguese spanish and french from all around the pacific basin they are about the 4th or 5th race of people to be brought here –on coming to this country they annihilated most of these previous peoples by using them as food –this can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt
New Zealand is an apartheid racist country now set up by the Labour government of the day in recent times and continued on by the National Government for political gain for their support to keep them in power one race of people having privilege over the 150 race of people living in this country get your facts right
signed Noel Hilliam 2-1-2017

By: Sam Goldman

Sam Goldman — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 04:03:44 +0000

Great Letter. But almost the same letter can be sent to the Leaders of the following hypocritical, cowardly countries that voted for the resolution.
China that occupies Tibet, claims Taiwan, Bhutan East, plus many Islands in seas surrounding China.
England that occupies Falklan Islands & Gibraltar.
France that claims New Caledonia & Tahiti from the indigenous peoples.
Spain claims Ceuta, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon De Alhucemas
Russia, Crimean Peninsula, Russia Ukraine border, Tuzla Island, Sea of Azov, Ukatnyy, Zhesty Island
Venezuela claims Isla Aves, Ankoko Island, Gulf of Venezuela.
Plus many more disputed territories amongst all those that supported the UN Resolution against Israel.

By: Danuta Glendenning

Danuta Glendenning — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:42:59 +0000

I live in New Zealand. I can tell the readers that many of us are deeply ashamed over the action of Mr.Murray McCully, the foreign minister to the U.N. We, the people, certainly knew nothing about the UNSC resolution; and protestors have gone to Wellington; and a petition has been organized. We wonder if this was the reason Mr. Key resigned so abruptly. Mr. English, the newly elected P.M., certainly doesn’t have the statesmanship to deal with such a difficult matter. I am certainly grateful that Mr. Graham Wines has taken the time to write such an sufficiently adequate letter to Mr. English and feel confident that he will read it trying to come to grips with the broken diplomatic relationship between N.Z. and Israel.

By: David Singer

David Singer — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:37:52 +0000

In reply to Adrian Jackson.

Adrian

What has the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis to do with Resolution 2334?

Perhaps Resolution 2334 is laying the groundwork to justify a “legal” military offensive against 6.5 million Jews living in Israel by denying the legal rights vested in the Jewish people to reconstitute their National Home in East Jerusalem and Area C in Judea and Samaria as prescribed by the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and article 80 of the UN Charter.

That the United Nations should have sunk so low and become a party to this racially-inspired murderous intent publicly enunciated by the PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic State is a disgrace and itself a flagrant violation of international law.

The UN has sold its soul to the devil.

By: William James Millward

William James Millward — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 08:55:50 +0000

A sober, polite letter expressing genuine disappointment. The linking of N.Z’s. history to Israel’s is a powerful and very relevant point. The letter deserves a brief relevant response from Mr. English on behalf of the Government. Was the very troubling Resolution agreed to by the National Caucus, I wonder. Please include the answer in your reply Mr. English. As a Christian Sir, you aught to know very clearly that the Jewish people were the “tangata Whenua” for the past approximately 4,000 years.
Bill Millward

By: Adrian Jackson

Adrian Jackson — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 08:29:38 +0000

An excellent first hand account about the authors uncles experience in German concentration camps in 1945 (71 years ago) but what has this got to do with the now unanimously passes resolution, with one nation abstaining, about Palestine?

The murder of 14 million people (6 million Hebrews and a further 8 million mostly other Europeans) was a world disgrace but has been followed by other dreadful mass murders in Cambodia, Balkans and Rwandan in recent decades too.

By: Janette Kay

Janette Kay — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 07:21:16 +0000

Great letter. Unfortunately there is a dwindling Jewish population in NZ.
As you said, the current PM is probably too young and may not sufficiently be informed or well read to comprehend the full impact of his decision to back the resolution!

By: Yael Shudnow

Yael Shudnow — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:51:25 +0000

Thank you honourable writer for setting a context to the Jewish side of the narrative, a side not often told, a and so poignantly and through a touching personal connection. Let us hope the light you shed on the inalienable connection between an indigenous people to their land