New Zealand no longer an honest broker of peace When New Zealand set about campaigning to win a seat on the Security Council, it did so on a platform of even-handedness and fair-mindedness, particularly on the sensitive Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Foreign Minister Murray McCully has since signalled a blatant departure…
NZ’s UNSC proposal: Even handed or empty handed? New Zealand’s Foreign Minister McCully is currently circulating a draft United Nations Security Council resolution, purportedly seeking to bring Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table. His reference to ‘New Zealand’s character of having a reputation for even-handedness and fair-mindedness…’ reminds…
New Zealand’s apparent double-standard terror policy British Prime Minister David Cameron made a strong, principled speech against extremism in July. In it, he said that if one says “‘violence in London isn’t justified, but suicide bombs in Israel are a different matter’ – then you too…