The Netanyahu administration has told New Zealand not to try its reported attempt to resurrect the “peace process” through the United Nations Security Council.
New Zealand now is a non-permanent member of the Security Council and reportedly is preparing a draft resolution for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume talks.
Channel 2 television said that government security advisers called New Zealand’s ambassador to Israel, Jonathan Curr, for a meeting on Wednesday and told him to forget the idea.
The draft resolution, according to Haaretz, includes a freeze on building new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria as well as a ban on demolishing illegally-built Arab homes.