{"id":2645,"date":"2018-07-25T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T00:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2019-05-19T15:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T03:07:31","slug":"mfat-double-standards-continue-to-be-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/2018\/07\/mfat-double-standards-continue-to-be-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"MFAT double standards continue to be exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week, I highlighted\u00a0the MFAT tweet<\/a>\u00a0that promoted a talk endorsing “BDS and the one-state solution”, given by a University of Auckland Dance Studies Professor, Nicholas Rowe, who also has links to a terror group.<\/p>\n This irresponsible promotion was put into even further perspective by the response of Immigraiton New Zealand – another crown entity – to the two controvercial Canadian speakers. Immigration New Zealand\u00a0granted them a visa and condemned their views<\/u><\/a>. Had MFAT promoted the event and condemned the idea of BDS and rejected the one-state solution as put forward by Professor Rowe, there would be no controversy. Instead, they chose to promote it without comment and refuse to condemn the views.<\/p>\n MFAT officials are responsible for advising our representatives on United Nation votes and public comments to do with Foreign Affairs. We have already shown how\u00a0New Zealand’s UN voting record has been anti-Israel<\/a>\u00a0for some years and called the government out for\u00a0not condemning Palestinian terror<\/a>.<\/p>\n It seems that New Zealand officials have also decided (or have been advised) not to praise Israel, either.<\/p>\n