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New Zealand backs UN resolution calling for Israeli withdrawal from settlements

Summarised by Centrist

New Zealand has broken with its Five Eyes partners by voting for a UN resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territories. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the vote reaffirms New Zealand’s commitment to international law and a two-state solution. Peters acknowledged concerns with the resolution’s 12-month timeframe for withdrawal, calling it “frankly unrealistic.”

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