I guess the old phrase about if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen applies to UN diplomats as well. In this case, our Ambassador, Nikki Haley, slammed an anti-Israel report that had been issued by the U.N.’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Jordanian diplomat Rima Khalaf, who headed the report resigned when the report was ordered withdrawn. Must have “triggered” him somehow.
As Written By Max Greenwood for The Hill:
A United Nations diplomat stepped down Friday after refusing to withdraw a report accusing Israel of practicing apartheid against Palestinians, reported.
Jordanian diplomat Rima Khalaf, who headed the U.N.’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, said U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged her to retract her commission’s report after it sparked outrage in Israel and the U.S., according to The New York Times.
Khalaf stood by the report despite the pressure.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley applauded Khalaf’s resignation, calling her commission’s report “false and defamatory.” She also lauded Guterres for standing against the……
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