By Ireland Hendry-Tennent on Newshub…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is defending New Zealand’s response to the Israel-Gaza conflict, saying the Government has “done the right thing”.
It comes after former Shortland Street actor Will Alexander started a hunger strike in protest of Aotearoa’s response.
Alexander, who played police constable Bell in the iconic show, began his hunger strike during a Christchurch rally in support of Palestine on Sunday.
He said he can “no longer stand by while my own government is complicit in an ongoing genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people”.
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