By Newstalk ZB…
A lobby group wants the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee to investigate government policy towards Palestine and Israel.
The request was discussed in a Select Committee meeting on Thursday.
Palestine Solidarity Network spokesperson John Minto says New Zealand’s policy under Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Ron Mark is out of step, and has seen increasing support for Israel.
“New Zealand needs to be on the right side of history here. And Winston Peters is putting us on the wrong side, putting us with Trump and the US, when he should be putting us with the international community, saying no to apartheid in Israel.”
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