"US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a daughter of immigrants from India who has little international experience, to be US ambassador to the United Nations...
The 44-year-old governor has accepted the offer...
Last year, Haley signed into law a bill to stop efforts to boycott, divest and sanction Israel in a first for the nation on a state-wide level.
The bill makes no mention of Israel directly, but prevents public entities from contracting with businesses engaging in the 'boycott of a person or an entity based in or doing business with a jurisdiction with whom South Carolina can enjoy open trade.'
The premise of the law is that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, colloquially known as BDS, discriminates against the people of Israel and weakens the economy of South Carolina."
November 23, 2016
South Carolina Governor Who Opposed Anti-Israel Boycotts to Be Trump's UN Envoy
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (File photo)
Date
November 23, 2016
Title
South Carolina Governor Who Opposed Anti-Israel BDS to Be Trump’s UN Envoy, The Jerusalem Post
Author(s)
Reuters
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