Former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley consoled an Israeli neighborhood that had been ravaged by the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assault, throughout a Memorial Day journey she made to the Israel-Gaza border.
Haley, 52, assured residents of the Center East ally that the US stays dedicated to supporting Israel regardless of the spate of anti-Israel protests which have swept the nation.
“What I’ll inform all Israelis: America is with you. Individuals are with you — 1,200 folks had been brutally murdered. Let’s not overlook what occurred on Oct. 7,” she mentioned in a video posted on X by Danny Danon, a Likud member of the Knesset, who accompanied Haley on her journey.
“As a result of Hamas has mentioned they’re going to do it once more. We owe it to verify it by no means occurs once more,” Haley contined.
Danon heaped reward on Haley for her file on Israel, hailing her as a “honest advocate for the Jewish folks.”
“It’s with the best pleasure that I lengthen a heat welcome to our esteemed pal, Ambassador Nikki Haley, as she arrives in Israel,” Danon posted on X.
Haley served as former President Donald Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to late 2018, throughout which she underscored her help for Israel and feuded with critics of the Jewish state.
Her go to included a tour of the Kibbutz Nir Oz, which was brutally targetted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, throughout the “Nova” music pageant.
She spoke to close by survivors who recounted painful and emotional accounts of what transpired on that day.
Footage confirmed her showing to wipe tears away from her eyes as she heard harrowing tales from a few of the survivors.
Haley known as for the elimination of Hamas and the discharge of the remaining hostages held captive by the terrorist group.
At one level, Haley pinned the blame for the Oct. 7, 2023 bloodbath on Russia, China, and Iran whereas stressing the intricate planning behind Hamas’ bloody onslaught.
“China’s been funding Iran the complete time. Russia’s intelligence helped them know the place every thing was. Iran helped get them educated. So this isn’t Hamas,” she said.
“If we actually imply it’s by no means going to occur once more, we have now to be trustworthy and truthful with ourselves who did this.”
Haley didn’t present proof that China and Russia had been straight linked to the assault. Nonetheless, each international locations are recognized to help Iran, which backs Hamas.
She additionally took a not-so-subtle jab at President Biden, chiding that “the certain solution to not assist Israel is to withhold weapons,” referring to the pause on shipments of heavy bombs to Israel amid a standoff over Rafah, according to the Times of Israel.
Haley was the final main contender left standing in opposition to Trump, 77, within the 2024 GOP primaries for the presidency.
Months after she dropped out of the race, she managed to earn the votes of tens of 1000’s within the Republican main.
Final week, Haley declared that she meant to vote for Trump within the Nov. 5 presidential election. Trump, in flip, later mentioned that he believes she can be “on our group in some kind.”