She spoke just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli retention of the Jordan Valley, located between Jerusalem and the country of Jordan, is vital for Israel’s security.
Tovah Lazaroff
June 27, 2019 23:39
US President Donald Trump’s peace plan doesn’t compromise Israel’s security, former US Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Thursday night as she spoke at the Israel Hayom forum.
She spoke just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli retention of the Jordan Valley, located between Jerusalem and the country of Jordan, is vital for Israel’s security.
Haley ducked a question about whether Israel should apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria.
“I think we should see how the peace plan plays out. I think we should give this a chance,” Haley said.
She differentiated between Jerusalem and the West Bank, explaining that the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was simply stating a fact.
Haley said that she has seen the Trump peace plan and she urged the Palestinians to accept it.
“If their own leaders do not want them to have more, they will never get it,” Haley said.
The Bahrain conference was successful and showed a different approach, Haley said.
“The Palestinians may not want to come to the table, but if their neighbors do, than it is a totally different ballgame” Haley said.
She urged people to give the peace plan a chance.
With regard to Syria, Haley said the US does not support the return of the Golan Heights to Syria.
In reminiscing about her time at the UN in New York, Haley said that her first Security Council meeting on the Middle East helped impress upon her the problem Israel faces at the UN.
“When I sat in that first session and heard ambassador after ambassador bashed Israel, just because they always had. It was disgusting,” Haley said.
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