Palestinians accuse U.S. Ambassador Haley of being racist for opposing antisemitic UNESCO resolution

"The Palestinian Authority's foreign ministry on Tuesday went on the offensive against the American ambassador to the United Nations ahead of a UNESCO vote this week on declaring the Old City of Hebron a 'world heritage site in danger.'

Nikki Haley has urged UN leaders to oppose the measure, which would label the Tomb of Patriarchs in Hebron as a Palestinian world heritage site...

In its statement, the PA charged, 'This is not the first message in which the American ambassador has expressed her hidden malice and hatred toward the Palestinians.'

'After she prevented the appointment of Dr. Salam Fayyad as the UN envoy in Libya, she recently affirmed that she would prevent the appointment of any Palestinian in the United Nations and its institutions, confirming her racist and anti-Palestinian position, and its clear hostility to Palestine.'

The PA statement criticized 'the crude intervention of the US ambassador in the work of UNESCO and the attempt to influence the independence of the UN organization by pressing the member countries of the World Heritage Committee to vote against the Palestinian request to put Hebron on the World Heritage List.'

It slammed the move as 'complete bias in favor of Israel,' and said it 'confirms what has been reported in the corridors of the United Nations in New York. Recently, many foreign diplomats have expressed that Haley is an ambassador for Israel more than an ambassador for her country, the United States of America.'..."