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When asked about US funding for refugee aid group UNWRA, which the administration announced this week would be reduced by $65 million, Haley said she expected other countries to pick up the slack.
"You have 120 countries who voted against us, that could more than take up the level of debt that UNRWA has," Haley said referring to the number of states that voted in the UN General Assembly last month to pass a resolution condemning the US for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. "We need to start being smart about the way we spend. We need to start really looking at foreign policy and seeing what the US goals are and where we want to go. We want a peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians. We want to make sure that that moves forward. By the Palestinians cutting us out of the peace process, it shows that they weren’t serious, that they’re not serious in truly getting to peace. So, we’re trying to make sure that if we’re going to spend taxpayer dollars, that we’re not spending it on something that doesn’t move US interests forward.”
Haley takes PA to task after 'hateful' comments by Abbas
President Donald Trump heeded the advice of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster – in addition to that of the Israeli government – and agreed to transfer $60 million to the UN body for now, as opposed to cutting all funding outright. But the remaining pledge of $65m. has been withheld “for future consideration,” according to a letter sent to the agency.
...Only one of those figures – Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the UN – advocated for a full and immediate aid cut.
Trump cuts UNRWA funding amid Abbas assault
I am not even a Haley fan but I absolutely agree with that.
"You have 120 countries who voted against us, that could more than take up the level of debt that UNRWA has," Haley said referring to the number of states that voted in the UN General Assembly last month to pass a resolution condemning the US for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. "We need to start being smart about the way we spend. We need to start really looking at foreign policy and seeing what the US goals are and where we want to go. We want a peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians. We want to make sure that that moves forward. By the Palestinians cutting us out of the peace process, it shows that they weren’t serious, that they’re not serious in truly getting to peace. So, we’re trying to make sure that if we’re going to spend taxpayer dollars, that we’re not spending it on something that doesn’t move US interests forward.”
Haley takes PA to task after 'hateful' comments by Abbas
President Donald Trump heeded the advice of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster – in addition to that of the Israeli government – and agreed to transfer $60 million to the UN body for now, as opposed to cutting all funding outright. But the remaining pledge of $65m. has been withheld “for future consideration,” according to a letter sent to the agency.
...Only one of those figures – Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the UN – advocated for a full and immediate aid cut.
Trump cuts UNRWA funding amid Abbas assault
I am not even a Haley fan but I absolutely agree with that.
