The U.S Was Right to Turn Down a Palestinian Representative for a UN Post
It’s not about Salam Fayyad, it’s about the PA’s strategy.
February 13, 2017
The U.S Was Right to Turn Down a Palestinian Representative for a UN Post
It’s not about Salam Fayyad, it’s about the PA’s strategy.
On Thursday, the new UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, nominated Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), to be the United Nations envoy to Libya. Nikki Haley, America’s ambassador to the UN, nixed the appointment, provoking a storm of criticism. While acknowledging that Fayyad has a good track record from his time in the PA government, Benny Avni argues that Haley made the correct move:
February 13, 2017
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