From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 18, 2017
Netanyahu thanks US for ‘defeating lies’ with veto of Jerusalem resolution
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks the US for vetoing a Security Council resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to rescind his declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In a video message, Netanyahu invokes the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in thanking US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, for “lighting the candle of truth.”
“You dispel the darkness. One defeated the many. Truth defeated lies. Thank you, President Trump. Thank you, Nikki Haley,” Netanyahu says.
Thank you, Ambassador Haley. On Hanukkah, you spoke like a Maccabi. You lit a candle of truth. You dispel the darkness. One defeated the many. Truth defeated lies. Thank you, President Trump. Thank you, Nikki Haley. pic.twitter.com/zFIiStoait
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) December 18, 2017
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