By Matthew Hooton on the NZ Herald (paywalled)…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was quick and fulsome in condemning his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu over occupying Gaza City.
Luxon said Israel’s actions were “utterly appalling” and that Netanyahu had “lost the plot”.
That outburst won Luxon a moment of Dame Jacinda Ardern-like international fame.
But the Prime Minister has been much more circumspect about Iran and its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after his Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was revealed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to be responsible for at least two fire-bombings of Jewish places of worship and hospitality in Sydney and Melbourne.
Albanese immediately expelled the Iranian ambassador, effectively severing diplomatic relations.
Read the full article on the NZ Herald HERE (paywalled).
