David Isaac: “Right now, you have multiple countries around the world, including the United States, looking to figure out how to redo this Iran deal. It’s nothing more than a death wish for Israel, and eventually, a death wish for the world,” said former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
“If the region doesn’t invest in those areas, why are we being faulted for not investing in those areas?" U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley asked rhetorically. “They have to have skin in the game. They’re the ones that fight me every day on Israel.”
President Trump has challenged United Nations (UN) member States to put their money where their mouths are in a hard-hitting speech delivered by US Permanent Representative to the UN - Ambassador Nikki Haley – at a UN Security Council Open Debate on the Middle East on 24 July.
Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has thanked the Trump administration for the decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying the world body had “betrayed its mission of protecting human rights".
"For too long, the human rights council has been a protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said.
The resolution, which was proposed by Algeria and Turkey, was passed with 120 “yes” votes to eight “no” votes and 45 abstentions, condemned Israel for using "excessive force" against the Palestinians during the recent violence in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas terrorists are attacking Israeli security infrastructure on the border daily, according to the IDF, which “is determined to realise its defensive tasks and ensure the safety of the people of Israel.”
For those of us who spent much of 2016, based upon then-candidate Donald Trump’s own bombastic declarations, worrying about the thrust of the foreign policy of a future Trump administration, President Trump’s address to Congress Feb. 28 provided welcome relief.
