Richard Prebble: Five Eyes fuss ignores the lessons of history
27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta. Photo / Andrew Warner
NZ Herald
OPINION: The border crossing between Israel and Lebanon is on a coastal road on the edge of cliffs that plunge into the Mediterranean. I was there to meet a member of the UN Fiji peacekeepers. There was a delay. Looking around, I noticed halfway down the cliff face a railway line. It produced a how did they build that? thought. The British built the railway during the First World War to support their advance against the Turks, said my liaison officer.