Haley lashes UN ‘double standard,’ says Gaza violence unconnected to embassy

“We are all concerned about violence in the Middle East. But there is a lot of violence in the region and I will note that there is a double standard in the chamber about what to condemn,” US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tells the United Nations Security Council in a debate now underway on the clashes in Gaza.

“Last week Iran fired rockets at the Golan heights, a reckless example of violence in the region that the Security Council must condemn. In recent days, Hamas terrorists backed by Iran have incited violence against Israeli forces and infrastructure. That too must be condemned.”

She adds: “The US welcomes a discussion of how to put an end to this violence. There is far too little [discussion] in the Security Council of Iran’s promotion of violence in the region. However, in the minds of some, today’s meeting was not called to discuss any of these examples of violence.

“Today’s meeting was called to discuss the violence that some saw as connected to the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.

“Those who suggest the violence has anything to do with the embassy in Jerusalem is sorely mistaken; rather it comes from people who will not accept Israel in any part of Israel.”

— Raoul Wootliff