Haley Threatening UN Members: Trump 'Will Be
Watching' Who Votes Against U.S. Recognition
of Jerusalem
U.S. envoy's letter, obtained by Haaretz,
sent one day before resolution rejecting
U.S. move expected to pass by sweeping
majority at the General Assembly
By Noa Landau
December 20, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Nikki Haley sent a letter to representatives
of UN member-states, warning them against
supporting a resolution rejecting President
Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as
Israel's capital.
The resolution, which expected to pass by
sweeping majority, is slated for vote on
Thursday.
"The president will be watching this vote
carefully and has requested I report back on
those who voted against us," she wrote in a
letter obtained by Haaretz. "Thank you for
your consideration, and please do not
hesitate to contact my team with any
questions or concerns."
“The President will be watching this vote
carefully and has requested I report back on
those who voted against us” || The letter @nikkihaley
sent tonight to UN members ✉️:
pic.twitter.com/nPl8ilQLxM
— Noa Landau (@noa_landau) December 20, 2017
Haley continued, "As you know, the General
Assembly is considering a resolution about
President Trump's recent decision on
Jerusalem. As you consider your vote, I
encourage you to know the president and the
U.S. take this vote personally.
"Twenty-two years ago, the U.S. congress
declared that Jerusalem should be recognized
as the capital of Israel, and that the U.S.
embassy should be moved to Jerusalem.
President Trump affirmed that declaration by
officially recognizing Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel. However, the President's
announcement does not effect final status
negotiations in any way, including the
specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty
in Jerusalem. The president also made sure
to support the status quo of Jerusalem's
holy sites, and did not advocate changes to
arrangements at the Temple Mount/Haram
al-Sharif."
Haley added: "The U.S. announcement is an
acknowledgment that peace is best advanced,
not set back, when all parties are honest
Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel
since the country's founding nearly seventy
years ago The President clearly voiced
support for a two-state solution if that's
what the sides agree on."
"I know that many in the General Assembly
are also committed to the cause of peace,"
Haley wrote, asking the member-states to
consider whether such a resolution will not
only fuel "the heated rhetoric and
violence."
Haley stressed that the United States "was
not asking for other countries [to] move
their embassies to Jerusalem," but "simply
asking you acknowledge the historical
friendship, partnership, and support we have
extended and respect our decision about our
embassy."
At the UN we're always asked to do more &
give more. So, when we make a decision, at
the will of the American ppl, abt where to
locate OUR embassy, we don't expect those
we've helped to target us. On Thurs there'll
be a vote criticizing our choice. The US
will be taking names. pic.twitter.com/ZsusB8Hqt4
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) December 19,
2017
Haley also tweeted on Tuesday that the U.S.
will stand by the Jerusalem decision and
will be "taking names" of those who
criticize impending embassy move.
"At the UN we're always asked to do more &
give more," Haley tweeted on Tuesday. "So,
when we make a decision, at the will of the
American ppl, abt where to locate OUR
embassy, we don't expect those we've helped
to target us. On Thurs there'll be a vote
criticizing our choice. The US will be
taking names."
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The UN
General Assembly is set to meet on Thursday
at 5 P.M. Israel time (10 A.M. EST) for an
emergency discussion on the unilateral
American recognition of Jerusalem as
Israel’s capital. Turkey and Yemen requested
the meeting after an Egyptian draft
resolution against the recognition was
presented to the Security Council and was
vetoed by the United States, although the 14
other members of the council voted for it.
An an attempt to avoid embarrassment, Israel
has instructed its diplomatic missions to
seek meetings with high-level officials to
persuade them to direct their
representatives at the UN to oppose, not to
support, or at the very least not to deliver
a speech at the General Assembly. Among the
reasons ambassadors were told to cite are
that Jerusalem was the de facto capital of
Israel long before the United States
recognized it as such; a resolution of this
kind at the United Nations will damage
American efforts toward a peace agreement in
the region; the resolution will spur terror
and violence in the area; and unilateral
steps in the United Nations do more harm
than good. The envoys will also pledge to
maintain freedom of religion and the status
quo in the city.
This article was originally published by Haaretz -
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