5/15/2018

AMBASSADOR/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said [5-15-18] Tuesday that the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was not to blame for deadly violence that erupted along the Gaza border, casting blame instead on Hamas and its backers in the Iranian government. Addressing the U.N. Security Council, Haley said Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and is labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S., was behind the clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces that left at least 60 people dead. She bemoaned the ‘double standard’ that she said exists at the U.N. under which Israel shoulders the blame for violence she said was spurred by Hamas and Iran…The violence on Monday made for a jarring split screen in the region, with the pomp and circumstance of the embassy opening in Jerusalem carrying on even as Israeli forces used deadly force to stop protesters from crossing a border fence from Gaza. Protesters hurled projectiles at Israeli forces and lit tires on fire, generating thick black smoke.”

-Louis Nelson, “Nikki Haley blames Hamas for violence in Gaza,” Politico, May 15, 2018 11:27 am