Haley says Jerusalem resolution ‘an insult’ that won’t be forgotten

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slams the Egyptian-drafted resolution rejecting US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Haley called the resolution “an insult” that won’t be forgotten, saying the UN forced the US to cast a veto simply because of its right to decide where to put its embassy.

“The United States will not be told by any country where to put our embassy,” she tells Security Council members.

Haley slams claims that Trump’s December 6 announcement is hampering Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

“It’s scandalous to say we are putting back peace efforts,” she says. “What does it gain the Palestinians to put roadblocks to negotiations?”

“A peace process that denies Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is not a peace process.”