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Haley: Trump move good for peace

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U.S. ambassador to the U.N Nikki Haley told a Security Council meeting on Friday that “the prospect of peace is advanced, not set back,” by President Trump’s Jerusalem announcement.

“For nearly 70 years, Jerusalem has been the capital of the state of Israel” and U.S. recognition was based on “common sense,”  Haley said. She spoke of the Jewish people’s attachment to Jerusalem “through 3,000 years of exile,” calling Jews “patient.”

Haley attacked the singling out of Israel at the United Nations, saying that the world body has “done much more damage for the prospects of peace than to advance it.”

She added: “The United States no longer stands by when Israel is unfairly attacked in the United Nations. And the United States will not be lectured to by countries that lack any credibility when it comes to treating both Israelis and Palestinians fairly.”