Bravo to Ambassador Haley, for Blocking UN Ploy on 'Palestine

On Thursday United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent the Security Council a letter nominating as the new head of the UN's mission to Libya a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad -- who was described in the letter as "Salam Fayyad (Palestine)."

America's new ambassador, Nikki Haley, said no. Having thus blocked Fayyad's appointment, Haley then put out a statement explaining why:

For too long the UN has been unfairly biased in favor of the Palestinian Authority to the detriment of our allies in Israel. The United States does not currently recognize a Palestinian state or support the signal this appointment would send within the United Nations, however, we encourage the two sides to come together directly on a solution. Going forward the United States will act, not just talk, in support of our allies.

Haley's statement is important not only for its broad message -- that President Trump's administration will steer by his pledges of support to Israel -- but also for calling out Guterres on his not-so-subtle attempt to abet the UN's long push to confer by increments on the Palestinian Authority a legitimacy it has not earned.

Note: this topic is from 2/12/2017. Thanks rktman.

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