UNHRC US Withdrawal, Don't Agree

About the announced withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council, in all honesty, it makes good headlines but I think it's the wrong decision. I would have preferred that especially with the present American Administration keeping the American voice of reason, the USA should just severely reduce its financial contributions to the United Nations while keeping its voice and vote. Financial sanctions and restrictions would be a much better and suitable way of showing protest.

Truth be told, I think the other members of the UNHRC are overjoyed that there won't be a voice of true conscience piping up telling them the true evil of their anti-Israel statements and decisions.

What do you think?

Could Nikki Haley be The First Female POTUS?

I don't know about you, but I've been very impressed by Nikki Haley, who is the American Ambassador to the United Nations. And to be honest, I'd be impressed by such qualifications and pro-Israel policies even if she wasn't a female.  When I check out the quality of a person in politics, I don't consider the sex of the politician. I look at policy, honesty and statements/actions when it comes to Israel. From what I've seen of Haley, I'd be very happy to have her as POTUS, President of the United States. What do you think?

Ambassador Nikki R. Haley

Ambassador Nikki R. Haley is the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet.

Prior to her service at the United Nations, Ambassador Haley served as Governor of South Carolina and chief executive of a state government with more than 67,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $26 billion.

Under Haley's leadership, South Carolina's economy flourished. Haley visited foreign countries including India, Sweden, France, Germany, and Japan on economic development missions to recruit jobs and investment for South Carolinans. She negotiated deals with some of the largest corporations in the world and convinced them to make South Carolina their home.

The state announced jobs in each of South Carolina's 46 counties - more than 85,000 jobs total - and South Carolina’s unemployment rate hit a 15 year record low during the Haley administration.

Haley was the first governor in America to sign legislation combatting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest and Sanction, or "BDS", movement. Haley also fought back against efforts to bring terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to the United States. In 2015, Haley led South Carolina through one of its most difficult periods, forging unity and consensus in the wake of tragedy at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. Church, the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, and the record breaking 1,000-year flood that devastated the state.

Born in Bamberg, South Carolina, the daughter of Indian immigrants, Haley’s first job was keeping the books for her family’s clothing store —at the age of 13. She is a proud graduate of Clemson University.

Haley and her husband, Michael, a Captain in the Army National Guard and combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, have two children, Rena, 19, and Nalin, 15.

U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Can The United Nations Really Change?

Israel ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon
addresses the UN Security Council on January 17, 2017
(Courtesy) Times of Israel

When Israel's present Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, was appointed just under two years ago he promised to make changes there, since we all know that the UN consistently condemns Israel for all sorts of "outrages" and immoralities. Even though Danon periodically claims various successes, I really don't think things have improved. We all remember Obama/Kerry's parting shots at Israel by conveniently not vetoing the anti-Israel resolution.

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Even though many of us in Israel, and Israeli supporters all over, are disappointed so far in American President Trump's Israeli policies, at least there's no gut-level antipathy between him and Prime Minister Netanyahu. In addition it's encouraging to hear Trump's Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, saying:

Haley told Fox News that the biggest surprise since her arrival two months ago, is what she called the U.N.'s "anti-Israeli bias," citing meetings on the Middle East that focus only on the Jewish State.
"They're not talking about we would care about. They're not talking about Syria. They're not talking about Iran. They're not talking about North Korea. What they are talking about is Israel. Every single month, for 10 years, they've been Israel bashing. And that was something that I just couldn't believe they put the time and energy into doing that, when we have so many threats around the world." (foxnews.com)

The question is whether or not there can really be an appreciable cessation of the anti-Israel policy and resolutions in the United Nations. In all honesty, I'm terribly pessimistic, because pretty much all of the countries in the world are against us, so even if Trump has the USA veto certain resolutions, it's just a drop in the bucket.

Finally Moral Sense: US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley

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The Obama-Kerry team left office slinging mud and worse at Israel at the United Nations, so POTUS Donald Trump's US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley's words are super extra appreciated:

The first thing I want to do is talk about what we just saw in there. The Security Council just finished its regular monthly meeting on Middle East issues. It’s the first meeting like that that I’ve attended, and I have to say it was a bit strange. The Security Council is supposed to discuss how to maintain international peace and security. But at our meeting on the Middle East, the discussion was not about Hizballah’s illegal build-up of rockets in Lebanon. It was not about the money and weapons Iran provides to terrorists. It was not about how we defeat ISIS. It was not about how we hold Bashar al-Assad accountable for the slaughter of hundreds and thousands of civilians. No, instead, the meeting focused on criticizing Israel, the one true democracy in the Middle East. I am new around here, but I understand that’s how the Council has operated, month after month, for decades.

I’m here to say the United States will not turn a blind eye to this anymore. I am here to underscore the ironclad support of the United States for Israel. I’m here to emphasize the United States is determined to stand up to the UN’s anti-Israel bias. We will never repeat the terrible mistake of Resolution 2334 and allow one-sided Security Council resolutions to condemn Israel. Instead, we will push for action on the real threats we face in the Middle East. (UNWatch.org)

The moral compass of the world is so strangely skewered, so improperly set up. Considering their obsession with imagined wrongdoings of Israel, "international moral compass" is an oxymoron.



We must truly thank the Donald Trump team for changing American policy and priorities.