Senator Ted Cruz criticized New Zealand and re -posted the story, and Winston Peter called it “fake news.”
The Israeli newspaper HARETZ had to fix the published story and had previously questioned whether the Senator TED CRUZ (R-TEXAS) should be regarded as New Zealand. The correction was made only after the complaints of Winston Peter of New Zealand.
The problem began when the newspaper claimed that the Israelites had to detail the service in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in detail, as part of a new visa requirements released last week by New Zealand.
In a statement issued on January 2, the division states that neither Israel or Palestinian people has announced a new policy, and New Zealand has a visa for less than three months in Israelites. Although it does not require to have it, the New Zealand declaration of the Electronic Travel Bureau in New Zealand.
Overnight, Halletz clearly states that the New Zealand government has denied reporting, changing the headline and the introduction paragraph.
“The New Zealand government has reported that all Israelians have to detail the IDF service to apply for a visa.” Head applying for visas from Israel or Palestinian people. There is no new policy. “
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In the Cruz post, one of David Seymour, the leader of the three New Zealand government, David Seymour told the Senator.
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“Israeli citizens are welcomed here and can enter New Zealand without a visa based on the visa exemption program. We have strongly criticized those who are trying to slander or punish Israeli citizens. There is no doubt that some people do not agree in your country.
“The Israelites don’t need a visa to travel to New Zealand. Needless to say, they have to declare their military service,” Peter said.
New Zealanders are friendly people, and Israelites are welcome to visit New Zealand. “
However, despite these top levels of security, the expressions from the New Zealand Embassy in Washington DC, the fact that the post of the Senator is linked to a newspaper deleted newspaper, and the original story. Despite the five community notifications pointed out that there is, CRUZ’s opinion has not been improved at the time of writing.
After the Israeli newspaper released a similar story this week, this is the second time that Israel’s newspapers have claimed. Since then, we have implemented another one that describes the denial of the New Zealand claim in detail.
Immigration New Zealand spokesman has revealed that there may be a situation that requires more information from the applicant to determine whether it can be in New Zealand.
However, “It is incorrect to say that all Israel who wants to visit New Zealand is required to provide details of military service.
“We have repeatedly approved 809 of the 944 applications received from the Israeli citizens since October 7, 2023,” said Spokesman.
