Outgoing Foreign Minister Murray McCully says there was no pressure from the US for New Zealand to co-sponsor a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s continued settlements.
The resolution, passed in December 2016, said the settlements violated international law and undermined a two-state solution in Israel’s conflict with Palestine.
In an exit interview with TVNZ’s Q&A programme Mr McCully talked about receiving a phone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon after.
“I was left in no doubt about the strength of the Prime Minister’s feelings, he said of the call, but said New Zealand had not been pressure by the US to co-sponsor the resolution.”
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