Radio New Zealand caught out again

Honest Reporting Down Under has caught Radio New Zealand out yet again. Read more

Hate education for Palestinian children…partly financed by Australia

The latest in a series of videos exposing hate education in United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools has been released. Read more

Incessant interference…writes Michael Kuttner

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Wellington Palestinian group’s complaint upheld

Honest Reporting Down Under has reported that the New Zealand Broadcasting Complaints Authority has upheld a complaint lodged by the Wellington Palestine Group against Television NZ for implying that East Jerusalem is part of Israel. Read more

Self-inflicted disasters and delusions…writes Michael Kuttner

Every year at this time our misnamed “peace partners” and their cheer leaders mourn the re-establishment of the Jewish State. Read more

Return and renewal

As I write these lines Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Fallen soldiers and terror victims) is concluding…says Michael Kuttner. Read more

A conversation with Isi Leibler

On 7 June, Bar Ilan University will confer a well-deserved Doctorate Honoris Causa on former Melbournian Isi Leibler in recognition of his many years of service to the Jewish People and the State of Israel.  Read more

Never again?…writes Michael Kuttner

Who in their wildest dreams could have imagined as the horrors of the Shoah were exposed in 1945 that a mere seventy-one years later we would be faced once again with a global outbreak of the same hatred which resulted in the murder of six million Jews and countless others? Read more

Keeping them honest

Israel-based Honest Reporting recently expanded their monitoring of the media to include Australia and New Zealand and have already highlighted their first case. Read more

Deliberate feckless foolish folly…writes Michael Kuttner

How many times must we endure a never-ending stream of unmitigated folly? When it comes to Israel apparently the answer is simple: without limit. Read more

ANZAC Day in Jerusalem

At the Commonwealth War Cemetery on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem the annual commemorative service has been held to honour servicemen and women from Australia and New Zealand who died serving their countries during the first and second world wars. Read more

Resetting the GPS…writes Michael Kuttner

Once upon a time not so long ago when planning to travel from home to one’s destination it was necessary to consult maps in order to work out the best and quickest route. Read more

Cleaning out the chometz

In many Jewish households worldwide the week before Passover is a time of intensive chametz clearing out. Read more

Keeping afloat in a sea of deligitimisation

The endless lava flow of anti Israel/Jewish activities continues to erupt with volcanic force…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Foot in Mouth epidemic

“If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.” Read more

Purim shpiel…writes Michael Kuttner

At this time of the year as Jews worldwide celebrate the deliverance of the ancient Persian Jewish Community from the threat of genocide, one of the customs is to stage a “shpiel” which translated from Yiddish literally means “play.” Read more

Blunders Down Under…writes Michael Kuttner

A visit by the Iranian Foreign Minister to New Zealand was always going to be a duplicitous charm exercise, but in actual fact it turned out to be even more nauseating than one could have anticipated. Read more

Days of infamy…writes Michael Kuttner

We are in a state of war yet unfortunately there are still many who prefer to pretend that this is not so. Read more

Almost a meeting….

If anything demonstrates the totally dysfunctional nature of Israeli advocacy this incident proves it. Read more

Clueless politicians…writes Michael Kuttner

Some definitions of “clueless” according to the Webster and Oxford dictionaries are: ignorant, oblivious, unacquainted, hopelessly unaware, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful and unwitting. Read more

French (and other) follies…writes Michael Kuttner

From the country which falsely accused Alfred Dreyfus of treason and whose Vichy collaborationists enthusiastically rounded up and transported Jews to their deaths, we now await another Gallic gesture of ill will heading in our direction. Read more

Timing is indeed crucial…writes Michael Kuttner

Momentous events in our recent past and also today are more often than not determined by timing. Read more

Ignorance is not bliss…writes Michael Kuttner

Benjamin Franklin said it best when he stated: “We are all born ignorant but one must work hard to remain stupid.” Read more

Holocaust black holes…writes Michael Kuttner

As the number of Shoah survivors able to personally bear witness to the horrors they experienced decreases, the challenge is to ensure that future generations will be educated and informed of what happened during the years 1933 to 1945. Read more

Failing grades for dummies…writes Michael Kuttner

Way back in the 1940’s and 1950’s when I went to elementary and high school the punishment meted out to pupils who consistently failed to listen, learn and do their homework ranged from detention and lines to strapping (hands or bottom) and caning. Read more

Uncontrollable urges

This common medical condition seems to apparently afflict politicians, diplomats and media personalities alike especially when Israel is the object of their obsession…writes Michael Kuttner Read more

Netanyahu briefs the international media

Arranged by the Israeli Government Press Office, the annual briefing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provides an opportunity for members of the foreign press and diplomats to be updated on the Israel Government’s latest assessment of current developments. J-Wire’s Michael Kuttner reports. Read more

Birds of a feather

The company a person keeps is more often than not indicative of how they feel about certain things…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

It’s indeed a small world…writes Michael Kuttner

Life is full of surprises and one never knows when a person or name from the past will suddenly re- appear. Read more

Portrait presentation sparks a myriad of memories

In a moving and memorable ceremony Sydney-based Johnny and Thea Weiss have presented a print portrait of Lotte Weiss to the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem. Read more

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