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Monday, December 18, 2017
Haley says past anti-settlement UN resolutions enabled Palestinians to reject peace
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley says that under the Trump administration, the US would not have voted in favor of last year’s Resolution 2334 that condemned Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Haley says the resolution passed under the Obama administration “put peace further out of reach by injecting itself between the two parties.”
She says Resolution 2334 “gave a pass to Palestinian leaders who have rejected one peace proposal after another.”
Haley says resolution passed by the Security Council in December 2016 is a “stain on America’s conscience,” and the Trump administration “would not make that mistake in the future.”
The US ambassador also criticizes the UN, which “consistently singles out Israel for condemnation.”
The Times of Israel Community.