New Zealand would be prepared to play a peacekeeping...

New Zealand would be prepared to play a peacekeeping role in the Middle East if there was a settlement under the terms proposed by the United Nations, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff said.
He condemned violence on both sides of the conflict, and said the escalating cycle of death during Easter was taking neither side closer to achieving its objectives.
"We unequivocally condemn the suicide bombings which over the Easter period saw 35 Israelis die and over 200 wounded ... But equally we condemn the reported cold-blooded execution of five of [Palestinian leader] Yasser Arafat's bodyguards by Israeli forces," Goff said.
The UN Security Council had passed Resolution 1397 which proposed a two-state solution.