Large portions of the text had been directly copied verbatim from UNRWA and NGO sources without question.
\nAt last four more emails were exchanged with minor edits to the document before a final version was circulated on 04 Dec 2017. An email exchange one week later discusses “potentially making some changes to the wording\u2026”\u00a0 but no discussion of the map and no changes were made until one year later.<\/p>\n
Between 11 December 2018 and 17 Jan 2019 there were approximately one dozen emails released that discussed the document. Not one of them even mentioned the map or any material point in the text, that had only slightly been modified.<\/p>\n
In response to concerns raised by The Israel Institute of New Zealand, Immigration NZ staff consulted MFAT, who responded quickly with<\/p>\n
“We have gone through the document with our Middle East division and they have a number of deletions or edits to recommend. However given the serious issues surrounding use of “State of Palestine” nomenclature and the tone in some of the other language in the Fact Sheet, they recommend that it might be best for INZ to \u2026 [apologise] for the misunderstanding, [acknowledge] that the information was taken from the references websites, that it does not reflect government policy and has now been removed so that we can review and update it\u2026”MFAT staff member<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt is hard to understand how more than 20 emails reviewing a document could result in such fundamental errors to be made. Hopefully, the new verification process will prevent the need for a future apology and retraction, whether the mistake be made for Israel or any other country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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