The US has criticized New Zealand for banning two Israeli Ministers. 

Winston Peters has decided to jump on the bandwagon with allies such as Australia and Canada by banning Israel’s finance minister and national security minister from entering the country.  

But the US has denounced these sanctions and said that New Zealand should focus on Hamas instead. 

International relations professor Robert Patman talks to Ryan Bridges about the situation and what can be expected from both sides going forward. 

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