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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 501

John Key

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces his decision to resign and stand-down from politics at a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, December 5, 2016. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)
December 5, 2016, 9:08 am
John Key: New Zealand’s popular ‘anti-politician’ PM
Former foreign currency trader maintained strong favor with the public during eight years in office
By Neil SANDS
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key speaking at a press conference in Auckland, September 2, 2014. (AFP/DAVID ROWLAND)
December 5, 2016, 8:45 am
New Zealand’s popular Prime Minister John Key calls it quits
Son of Jewish refugee from Europe says he felt it was time to go, has no immediate plans other than to spend time with family
By Agencies
This photo provided by the Syria Press Center (SPC), an anti-government media group, shows civilians leaving the town of Suran, in Hama province, Syria, Thursday Sept. 1, 2016. (Syria Press Center via AP)
September 2, 2016, 9:22 am
Syria strikes kill 25 as another Damascus suburb surrenders
UN envoy warns of Syrian government’s use of siege tactics to force evacuations of residents in many areas
By PHILIP ISSA
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to a question during a press briefing, Tehran, Iran, February 20, 2016. (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)
March 14, 2016, 3:18 pm
Iran’s foreign minister defends ballistic missile test
Pressed about anti-Israel slogans reportedly painted on rockets, Zarif lashes out at Netanyahu and Obama
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (left) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at COP21, the UN Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, France, on November 30, 2015. (AFP/Martin Bureau/Pool)
December 4, 2015, 4:20 am
At Paris summit, PM shook hands with Egypt, Jordan leaders
Israeli official says Netanyahu met el-Sissi face-to-face for first time at climate conference
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, France, on November 30, 2015. (AFP/Martin Bureau/Pool)
November 30, 2015, 10:33 pm
Netanyahu: Abbas handshake was ‘purely protocol, not a meeting’
PM says he does not hope for collapse of the PA, but stresses gesture at climate summit was no sign of rapprochement, Abbas ‘inciting’ terror
By Raphael Ahren
Syrian refugees land on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos in an inflatable dingy across the Aegean Sea from Turkey on September 3, 2015. (AFP/Angelos Tzortzinis)
September 7, 2015, 12:01 pm
Australia, New Zealand to take in Syrian refugees
Canberra government promises ‘significant’ increase in refugee settlement, without committing to numbers; Wellington to allow in 600
By AFP and AP
Non-Resident Ambassador of New Zealand, Jonathan Andrew Curr, talks to President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on April 30, 2015, after he presented his credentials (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO)
June 1, 2015, 7:15 pm
Diplomatic bantam New Zealand takes on peace process
As FM McCulley heads to region, Israel is uneasy over Wellington’s eye to a new Security Council resolution on Palestinian statehood
By Raphael Ahren
In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jonathan Curr poses for a photograph at a unknown location in New Zealand (photo credit: AP/New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
February 24, 2015, 8:57 pm
Resolving spat, New Zealand appoints separate envoys to Israel, PA
Israel refused to accept same person holding both posts six months ago, resulting in high-profile kerfuffle
By JTA and ToI Staff
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE)
September 21, 2014, 4:36 pm
New Zealand’s Jewish PM wins third term
John Key of the National Party, whose mother narrowly escaped the Holocaust, garners 61 seats
By JTA
In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jonathan Curr poses for a photograph at a unknown location in New Zealand (photo credit: AP/New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
September 8, 2014, 11:10 am
Israel, New Zealand in diplomatic spat over Palestine
Israel refuses to let Wellington appoint same ambassador for Jerusalem and Ramallah, citing protocol
By Nick Perry
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. (screen capture: Youtube/nzheraldtv)
August 15, 2014, 1:18 am
Racism mars New Zealand election campaign
Political billboards for incumbent Prime Minister John Key defaced with anti-Semitic slurs; called ‘Shylock’ by rival
By Nick Perry
Director and producer Ben Affleck accepts the award for best picture for "Argo" during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, Sunday Feb. 24, 2013. “Argo” mentions New Zealand just once in passing, but the four-word reference is rankling Kiwis five months after the Oscar-winning film was released in the South Pacific nation. (photo credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision)
March 21, 2013, 4:15 pm
Passing reference in ‘Argo’ rankles New Zealand
Government in Wellington says Ben Affleck ‘misled the world’ about story of Americans’ escape from Iran
By Nick Perry
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. (screen capture: Youtube/nzheraldtv)
January 27, 2013, 3:58 pm
New Zealand PM launches Holocaust exhibit
To mark International Remembrance Day, John Key, whose mother is a survivor, officially opens ‘Shadows of the Shoah’
December 10, 2012, 6:21 pm
Only Jewish day school in New Zealand capital closes
Just one Jewish school continues to operate in entire country
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