Right From Wrong: Nikki Haley's First Hurrah

"Last Thursday, after her first encounter with the UN Security Council, Ambassador Haley told reporters that she had asked its members to help her understand why, 'when we have so much going on in the world, why is it that every single month we're going to sit down and have a hearing where all they do is obsess over Israel?'

Haley went on to describe the meeting, which she called 'a bit strange,' as exactly what it was: a forum for bashing the Jewish state...

She pointed to the fact that, 'incredibly, the UN Department of Political Affairs has an entire division devoted to Palestinian affairs,' while it has 'no division devoted to illegal missile launches from North Korea... no division devoted to the world's number one state-sponsor of terror, Iran.'

The double standards, she said, 'are breathtaking,' especially as 'Israel exists in a region where others call for its complete destruction, and in a world where antisemitism is on the rise.' This ongoing stance at the UN 'is long overdue for change,' she said. 'The United States will not hesitate to speak out against these biases in defense of our friend and ally, Israel.'

If this was Haley's first hurrah, it won't take long for her to take her rightful place alongside, if not surpass the achievements of, a handful of predecessors whose mark was indelible."