Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council meeting that discussed chemical weapons in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States on January 23, 2018. (Mohammed Elshamy -
UNITED NATIONS: The United States will not “chase after a Palestinian leadership that lacks what is needed to achieve peace,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday.
During a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Haley criticized a Jan. 14 speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah.
“A speech that indulges in outrageous and discredited conspiracy theories is not the speech of a person with the courage and the will to seek peace,” Haley said.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
