Outrage Ensues After New Zealand Government Website Publishes Map Labeling Israel as Palestine

New Zealand sparked outrage this week after their immigration website published a map which labeled Israel as Palestine.

The map was part of a fact sheet about Palestinian immigrants in New Zealand. It has now been removed from the government website, but it was archived on the Wayback Machine.

The Israel Institute of New Zealand immediately condemned the map, and the entire report, which they claimed “presents a one-sided, distorted and politicised narrative of the Israel/Palestine conflict and totally erases Israel from the map.”

“The geography of the map is so inaccurate that it does not even include the West Bank in what it calls ‘The State of Palestine’– it simply replaces Israel (according to pre-1967 borders) with ‘Palestine,'” the Israel Institute of NZ said in a statement.

The organization went on to say that “it is alarming and embarrassing that information provided by a New Zealand government department, can be both so wildly inaccurate and politicised.”

“A primary school student who knows how to use Wikipedia could do a better job. Which leads us to wonder whether in fact this ‘fact sheet’ is a ‘fantasy sheet’, a projection of the department’s delusional hopes for the future. If it were ever to come to pass, Immigration New Zealand would be required to have an ‘Israeli refugee quota fact sheet’ on its website,” the harsh statement concluded.

Immigration New Zealand’s ‘State of Palestine Refugee Quota Factsheet’ presents a one-sided, distorted and politicised narrative of the Israel/Palestine conflict and totally erases Israel from the map.@MFATgovtNZ @IsraelinNZ @AlfredNgaroMP @winstonpetershttps://t.co/bo7vuv9m78

— Israel Institute of NZ (@IsraelInstNZ) June 14, 2019

The organization is now calling for an investigation into the matter.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/outrage-ensues-after-new-zealand-government-website-publishes-map-labeling-israel-as-palestine/

https://web.archive.org/web/20190422115213/https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/refugees/palestinian-quota-refugee-factsheet.pdf

New Clinton Email Review Reveals 'Multiple Security Incidents'

The State Department revealed in a letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that it had identified "multiple security incidents" committed by current or former employees who handled Hillary Clinton's emails, according to Fox News.

So far 23 "violations" and seven "infractions" have been issued as a part of the department's ongoing investigation - a number that will likely rise according to State Department Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Mary Elizabeth Taylor.

"To this point, the Department has assessed culpability to 15 individuals, some of whom were culpable in multiple security incidents," said Taylor in the letter to Grassley, adding "DS has issued 23 violations and 7 infractions incidents. … This number will likely change as the review progresses."

Taylor called the matter "serious" and acknowledged that it was time consuming.

"Given the volume of emails provided to the Department from former Secretary Clinton's private email server, the Department's process has been necessarily more complicated and complex requiring a significant dedication of time and resources," she wrote, saying that the department expects to conclude its investigation by September 1.

What's the consequence for these "multiple security incidents?" An official slap on the wrist according to the report:

"In every instance in which the Department found an individual to be culpable of a valid security violation or three or more infractions, the Department forwarded the outcome to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Office of Personnel Security and Suitability (DS/PSS), to be placed in the individuals' official security file," wrote Taylor. "All valid security incidents are reviewed by DS and taken into account every time an individual's eligibility for access to classified information is considered."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-18/new-clinton-email-review-reveals-multiple-security-incidents