Nikki Haley Makes Good on Threat: No Aid for Voting against Jerusalem

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Mar 16, 2018
Breakingisraelnews.com

The paper proposed reviewing the aid given to nearly 40 countries that received a total of $100 million in 2016 yet vote against the United States 54 percent of the time.

(Israel)— [Breakingisraelnews.com] US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is making good on her threat to cut US aid to countries that vote against the US in the United Nations. (Photo: Nikki Haley at the UN/AP/Richard Drew/via Breitbart.com)

In December, 128 countries voted in the United Nations General Assembly against the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. At the time, President Trump and Haley threatened that there would be grave repercussions for recipients of US aid who failed to stand by their benefactor on such issues.

On Thursday, Foreign Policy reported on a 53-page memo issued by Haley. Titled "America First Foreign Assistance Policy", the new policy will make good on that threat.

"It is the opinion of the U.S. mission to the U.N. that all U.S. foreign assistance should be reevaluated to ensure that taxpayers dollars are spent to advance U.S. interests, not to fund foreign legacy programs that provide little or no return on investment," the memo read...

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