Nikki Haley: Western Wall part of Israel, US embassy should be moved to Jerusalem

[brooklynite]

Source: The Times of Israel

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said Tuesday that the US embassy should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, upholding a campaign promise of US President Donald Trump, and that the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem is part of Israeli territory.

Her remarks came amid an ongoing diplomatic spat between the US and Israel over whether the Western Wall is part of Israel or the West Bank — as one US consular staffer suggested — as well as speculation on whether Trump will fulfill his campaign promise to relocate the US embassy to Jerusalem, even as the president has since distanced himself from the move.

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In excerpts from an interview with CBN News released on Tuesday, Haley said: “Obviously I believe that the capital should be Jerusalem and the embassy should be moved to Jerusalem because if you look at all their government is in Jerusalem. So much of what goes on is in Jerusalem and I think we have to see that for what it is.”

Regarding the Western Wall, Haley said: “I don’t know what the policy of the administration is, but I believe the Western Wall is part of Israel and I think that that is how we’ve always seen it and that’s how we should pursue it… We’ve always thought the Western Wall was part of Israel.”

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/nikki-haley-western-wall-part-of-israel-us-embassy-should-be-moved-to-jerusalem/

[secondwind]

1. She would be better off keeping her mouth closed... her ignorance is spilling over.

[BlueMTexpat]

28. + a million or so! eom

[Achilleaze]

2. "Get your Armagedd ON!" - republican Zeal Otts, Inc.

[Javaman]

3. more the mercers meddling. nt

[former9thward]

4. The Western wall is in Jerusalem and Jerusalem is part of Israel.

The embassy should be wherever Israel wants it to be. It is their country. If Israel wants it in Tel Aviv then so be it. If they want it in the Jerusalem area then so be it. Can anyone imagine a country deciding to put an embassy in Chicago when the U.S. wanted it in D.C.?

[LanternWaste]

11. Where it "wants" to be is irrelevant at best.

"The embassy should be wherever Israel wants it to be..."

Inaccurate. It should be where it foments and assists as much good will as possible. Where it "wants" to be is irrelevant at best.

Can anyone imagine a country denying any forethought, foresight or planning into international relations? (Six of one, half a dozen of the other, you see... and each as irrelevant and falsely equivalent as the other)

Though, given your consistent narrative, I can certainly understand why you ignore the directly relevant and focus on the emotional, the unsupported and the irrelevant in this particular case.

[leftynyc]

5. She's right on the first point

The Western Wall IS in Israel and will never be anywhere else. On the second point, that's something that needs negotiation - maybe be part of any peace talks. A unilateral decision on that would be very problematic although the fanatics will cause trouble no matter how the decision is made.

[Juliusseizure]

6. "I don't know what my country's policy is.."

Maybe ask the fat orange guy?

[Sunlei]

7. disgusting! a United Nations ambassador Foments violence /w a senseless, unnecessary building move!

[Mosby]

8. pretty sad when moving an embassy

To a country's capital would start riots.

[Coventina]

9. Jerusalem is NOT the capital, Tel Aviv is.

The modern state of Israel was invented at the end of WWII.

There is a reason why Jerusalem was not chosen as the capital.

Those reasons, however inconvenient, still are very real.

[Mosby]

15. Israelis get to pick their capital not you

Or anyone else.

[Coventina]

17. Except that Jerusalem is Palestinian held territory. n/t

[former9thward]

21. Really?

I have visited Jerusalem several times and it was not in Palestinian held territory. When did this event happen?

[Coventina]

25. The international community does not recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel.

They may be squatting on it, but that doesn't make it theirs.

[former9thward]

20. Your map must have been produced in the West Bank.

You know, the maps that don't show any existence of Israel. The capital of Israel is Jerusalem. Their legislature meets there and there prime minister lives there. Whether you like it or not.

[maxsolomon]

23. ok, let's move it then

what's the hold up?

a new intifada? every surrounding arab nation that we're allied with having a collective aneurysm?

[former9thward]

24. I don't what the hold up is.

The Arab nations that work with us would do a public protest for their people but would continue to work with us. The ones that hate us would continue to hate us. They don't need any excuses for that.

[former9thward]

22. You need to go to Israel and tell them where their capital is.

Because clearly you know and they don't. The Knesset meets in Jerusalem and the Prime Minister lives there. You need to tell them they have made a mistake and they don't know where they are at. Tell them to move to your chosen capital, Tel Aviv.

[Coventina]

26. See my previous post. eom.

[former9thward]

29. Let the "international community" try and take it away.

[bora13]

10. jumpin up and down

making rapture signs. Finally, a government we can count on to get our rapture on!

[David__77]

12. Yes, and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush also said they supported this move.

I don't see it happening!

[harun]

13. +1

[Grins]

14. "The US ambassador to the United Nations..."

"The US ambassador to the United Nations...", and totally - totally! - clueless.

Do they ever sit back and see the bigger picture? Ever?

[Mosby]

16. what's the bigger picture?

Why exactly can't Israelis decide where their capital is?

Why wouldn't Jews control their own holy sites like Christians and Muslims do with their important sites?

[elmac]

18. Talking out her azz, again. nt

[Freethinker65]

27. Interesting timing of the announcement

Wonder if the Oval Office fiasco had anything to do with it, or if it was meant to coincide with Trump's big trip?