McCully did not bring the matter to cabinet would not have supported his View.There are moves afoot for National to issue a policy statement in due course to mend Fences with Israel and its supporters in NZ. They lost votes over this issue and Israel was for once a positive issue in the election campaign. I predict better relations with Jerusalem because relations are wanted with the White House.
The company I work for exports 98% of its production to Pacific rim countries and in Europe.26 countries in all very little goes to the Arab world. We export Food.

Nowhere in the coalition agreement is there any intention to apologize or cancel this resolution or to withdraw NZ’s support of it. In fact the wording of the agreement makes it plain that this new NZ Government still supports Venezuela and Malaysia and other such enlightened human rights abusers. Jerusalem is still considered not part of Israel and other parts of the country belong to a mythical State called Palestine.

The ability of some to convince themselves and others that NZ has all of a sudden seen the light is amazing. Reality is that NZ still adheres to the mantra of the immoral UN majority. Arab trade considerations and other factors will ensure that nothing changes.