Hipkins to “pause” recognition of Palestine

Newshub reports:

Chris Hipkins has revealed he will “pause” a policy that would’ve seen the Palestinian ambassador to Australia be invited to New Zealand. 

Prior to Hamas’ surprise attack, Labour announced, if re-elected, it would invite the Canberra-based ambassador across the ditch to New Zealand to present their credentials to be considered an official ambassador here.  …

The notion that recognising Palestine as a state will somehow lead to a more peaceful outcome is fanatical, and what has happened this week shows that.

The death toll in Israel is now over 900, the vast majority being civilians, women and children who were slaughtered. That is huge for any country let alone a population of nine million. It is equal to say 35,000 civilians in the US being killed in a terrorist attack.

No country can allow terrorists to slaughter almost 1,000 of their citizens. Israel has no choice but to move into Gaza and remove their ability to attack Israeli civilians.