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"The UN Spends Half Its Time on Israel and the Other Half on the Rest of the World" Says Nikki Haley

Abra Forman : Nov 10, 2017
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Speaking at the annual Washington conference of the Israeli American Council, Haley was enthusiastically received by a community which increasingly sees her as the rehabilitator of Israel at the United Nations.

(Israel) — [Breaking Israel News] Following the United States' withdrawal from one United Nations body last month, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said that unless the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) reforms its Israel-bashing ways, the US will leave it as well. (Photo Credit: Frontpage Mag)

Among the US's demanded reforms is the removal of Item 7, a permanent agenda point requiring discussion of Israel's actions in Judea and Samaria at every single UNHRC session. Item 7 is essentially a built-in forum for criticizing Israel.

The US also wants restrictions against major human rights abusers joining the council, Haley said, pointing to the recent addition of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"The Human Rights Council will either adopt these reforms, or the United States will leave," declared Haley on Saturday night.

Speaking at the annual Washington conference of the Israeli American Council, Haley was enthusiastically received by a community which increasingly sees her as the rehabilitator of Israel at …

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