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ABOVE: Trump’s United Nations ambassador nominee Nikki Haley delivering her opening statement at here congressional confirmation hearing
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Donald Trump’s nominee for his United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, slammed the world body’s bias against Israel, a strong ally of the US, vowing never to abstain from anti-Israel resolutions.
This was a clear reference to the incident in the dying days of the Obama administration last month when then-Secretary of State, John Kerry, instructed his UN ambassador to abstain from just such a resolution, regarding the building of settlements. In doing so, the US effectively dropped its ally for the first time in the 70-year-old world body’s history.
Haley, who is the Governor of South Carolina, was nominated by President Donald Trump as his UN ambassador, slammed the UN for its “consistent” and “outrageous… bias against our ally Israel”.
She added: “This cannot continue!”
Haley had been the first governor of a US State to sign legislation combatting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. She is the daughter of immigrants from India who made a point of reminding their children on a daily basis of their good fortune to be American citizens.
Her brothers served the country in combat duty.
Haley pledged never to abstain when the UN takes any action that comes in direct conflict with the interests and values of the US, such as anti-Israel UN Resolution 2334, which, she told Congress, had been “a terrible mistake”.
nat cheiman
Jan 23, 2017 at 7:22 pm
‘End of an era for [sorry, user, illegal and improper reference -Moderator] Abbas and cohorts’
nat cheiman
Jan 24, 2017 at 7:26 pm
‘Improper reference? What does that mean? Gobbledegook?
What is wrong about saying Hamas, BDS, and UN & Abbas are no longer going to have the priviledges or finances that they used to have ?’
David B
Jan 29, 2017 at 8:17 am
‘relax Nat — the world is full of hotheads — please don’t be seen as one of them —
You do tend to compete with Choni , when it comes to comments’
Noah
Feb 10, 2017 at 1:50 pm
‘
Nat you need to try a course in logic and another in Anger Management ‘
Harold
Feb 28, 2017 at 6:53 am
‘it is embarrassing to read the comments made by Nat and Choni,yet they deserve the right to be heard however illogical and puerile such comments are’
nat cheiman
Mar 3, 2017 at 5:39 pm
‘Harold and co. Logic is relative and subjective too.
\nThe characteristics of liberals and the left wing, is to always disparage the person criticising and with an opposing view, and try to make a fool out of them.
\nOught I to apologise for your embarrassment?’