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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley slammed Palestinian President Abbas during a UN Security Council meeting on THursday, focusing her criticism around a speech Abbas made last week, during which he let out an Arabic curse word directed at Trump.
Haley made the remarks at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the Middle East.
“He rejected any American role in peace talks. He insulted the American president. He called for suspending recognition of Israel,” Haley said. “A speech that indulges in outrageous and discredited conspiracy theories is not the speech of a person with the courage and the will to seek peace.”
She pointedly contrasted Abbas with leaders like the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, whom she cited as a leader “willing to step forward, acknowledge hard truths, and make compromises.”
“I ask here today, where is the Palestinian King Hussein? Where is the Palestinian Anwar Sadat?” Haley added, referring to Egypt’s former president who in 1977 delivered a speech at the Knesset calling for peace. “If President Abbas demonstrates he can be that type of leader, we would welcome it. His recent actions demonstrate the total opposite.”
“He rejected any American role in peace talks. He insulted the American president. He called for suspending recognition of Israel,” Haley said. “He invoked an ugly and fictional past, reaching back to the 17th century to paint Israel as a colonialist project engineered by European powers.”
“A speech that indulges in outrageous and discredited conspiracy theories is not the speech of a person with the courage and will to seek real peace,” she added.
She said that while the U.S. was “eager” to pursue peace, “we will not chase after a Palestinian leadership that lacks what’s needed to achieve peace.”
The U.N. session came after remarks by President Trump, who spoke alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos, Switzerland. He said there needs to be more from the Palestinians in terms of the peace process, and threatened to remove funding otherwise.
Trump has threatened to halt aid to its refugee agency if they do not engage in peace talks.
The United States stands as the largest donor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), contributing around a third of its budget, or about over $365 million last year.
“That money is on the table, and that money is not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace,” Trump said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.
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As much as I like to hear what she is saying her dress is very not tziusdik and any men should be forewarned to listen but not watch. Maybe YWN can post just the audio without video.
Mr commonsense
if you are getting hirhurim from her dress
you have serious issues which should be addressed by a therapist
Truth be said – Abbas was NEVER a true peace seeker and partner!! He was a crooked conniving impostor from day one!! Speaking from two sides of his mouth-educating and encouraging the young in hate and jihad , and rewarding terrorists and their families with monetary compensation for their “heroic” deeds of terrorism on the one hand; and a TOTALLY different statement of sympathy for his ” oppressed and occupied” people , with a yearning for peace and reconciliation with the Israelis , when speaking to the world at large!! ABOUT TIME that the world at large who this “con-artist” really is ; as NIKki Haley so vividly relays to the UN and its members! Problem is that MOST UN members turn and cover their eyes from this reality and FANTASIZE Abbas as a sincere peace seeker!!! Time to open their eyes and realize his true CROOKED intentions !!!!!!
To commonsense.
I didn’t notice at first.
I had to go back to watch it again.
Here is an important principle: “when u don’t look -u don’t notice”.