U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley fired back at a Palestinian official who insulted her earlier this month, saying Tuesday “I will not shut up” and calling on Palestinian leadership to take the path of negotiation and compromise with Israel.
Speaking after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. Security Council and again called for Palestinian statehood, Haley directly responded to Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, who previously said Haley “needs to shut up and realize the Palestinian leadership is not the problem.”
“We welcome you as the leader of the Palestinian people here today,” Haley said. “But I will decline the advice I was recently given by your top negotiator, Saeb Erekat. I will not shut up. Rather, I will respectfully speak some hard truths. The Palestinian leadership has a choice to make between two different paths. There is the path of absolutist demands, hateful rhetoric, and incitement to violence. That path has led, and will continue to lead, to nothing but hardship for the Palestinian people.”
“Or, there is the path of negotiation and compromise,” she continued. “History has shown that path to be successful for Egypt and Jordan, including the transfer of territory. That path remains open to the Palestinian leadership, if only it is courageous enough to take it.”
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