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Palestine: Nikki Haley accuses Donald Trump of pursuing ‘chaos, vendettas and drama’ at Jewish Republican event
LAS VEGAS: Nikki Haley criticized Donald Trump on Saturday for praising overseas strongmen and warned that his type of “chaos, vendettas and drama” can be harmful, making her sharpest critiques of the previous president as the 2 GOP presidential candidates and their rivals addressed an influential group of Jewish Republicans.
“Eight years in the past, it was good to have a frontrunner who broke issues,” Haley mentioned of Trump.”However proper now, we have to have a frontrunner who additionally is aware of the way to put issues again collectively.”
Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, leaned into her overseas coverage expertise as she argued for longstanding Republican concepts on overseas coverage on the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual assembly in Las Vegas. One other GOP overseas coverage traditionalist and periodic Trump critic, former Vice President Mike Pence, used his look to finish his candidacy, the most recent signal of the previous president’s dominance within the main.
The Republican presidential candidates on Saturday uniformly supported Israel‘s offensive towards Hamas, a departure from their divide on the whether or not the US ought to assist Ukraine towards Russia’s invasion.
Help for Israel is a central subject within the Republican main, significantly amongst evangelical Christians influential in Iowa, which holds the primary Republican caucuses.
Trump, the runaway front-runner within the 2024 race, didn’t acknowledge Haley, Pence or the others who spoke earlier than him. He as a substitute extolled his personal document within the White Home. He boasted that if elected president once more, he would restore “peace by way of energy” and would “cease World Warfare III.”
He drew rousing applause, cheers and a number of standing ovations.
This 12 months’s summit, operating Friday by way of Sunday, comes as Israel responds to Hamas militants who killed a whole lot of civilians in an Oct. 7 assault. The candidates took the stage in Las Vegas hours after Israel on Saturday expanded its floor operation into Gaza, increasing the conflict into a brand new stage of preventing. Israel was additionally persevering with a bombardment of air strikes on the enclave of two.3 million those that reduce off communications and led to warnings of main civilian casualties.
Pence didn’t point out Trump whereas saying he would drop out of the race. However he known as on President Joe Biden to unconditionally assist Israel. He urged the gang on the summit to “maintain quick” to religion, household and the US Structure and he promoted America’s position “as chief of the free world.”
Haley talked about Trump by identify and mentioned he was a “pro-Israel president,” however then went on to say: “The query is, what’s going to he do sooner or later?”
She famous Trump’s feedback days after Hamas’ assault when he drew condemnation for lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and referring to the militant group Hezbollah as “very good.” Haley additionally referred to Trump’s repeated reward for the autocratic leaders of China and North Korea.
“These will not be good or good individuals,” Haley mentioned.
Trump acquired the identical enthusiastic reception he usually has from the Republican Jewish Coalition and declared, “I am proud to be the very best pal that Israel has ever had.”
And regardless of Haley’s feedback shortly earlier than he spoke, Trump went on to reward Hungary’s far-right autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling him “a really robust man.”
“China revered us. Russia revered us. All people revered us. Underneath my presidency, our nation was very, very feared and really, very revered,” he mentioned.
Although the gang of about 1,000 coalition donors was not waring pink yarmulkes with the phrase “Trump” as in years previous, their assist of him was on show early. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has made criticizing Trump central to his marketing campaign, took the stage and was met with fast boos.
The group’s longtime benefactor, billionaire on line casino mogul and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, turned an enormous backer of Trump and implored coalition members to assist Trump in 2016.
Adelson died in 2021. His widow, Miriam Adelson, has remained a serious get together donor however has pledged to remain impartial within the main.
Of their remarks, many of the candidates pledged sturdy assist for Israel. Lots of the candidates blamed Biden, particularly for a $6 billion switch to Iran as a part of a deal to launch 5 US residents detained in Iran, and criticized Democratic officers and liberals for what they are saying is a failure to sufficiently condemn antisemitism.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Pence and Haley have criticized as inexperienced and unsuitable on overseas coverage, drew boos when he mentioned America’s job “is to be robust at dwelling, to thoughts our personal affairs, to keep away from overseas navy entanglements that don’t relate on to our homeland right here.”
However he was cheered all through a lot of the remainder of his speech, together with when he claimed he “would love nothing extra” than for the Israeli navy “to place the heads of the highest 100 Hamas leaders on stakes and line them up on the Israel-Gaza border.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis famous the official actions he had taken to point out assist for Israel, from sponsoring constitution flights for People from Israel to ordering state universities to ban a pro-Palestinian scholar group.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott accused liberal politicians of failing to talk up sufficient in regards to the marginalization and oppression of Jewish People.
When Scott introduced up US Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., the gang booed. The lone Palestinian American in Congress has known as for a cease-fire and reevaluation of US navy support to Israel over issues it might be used to commit conflict crimes. She has been extensively criticized by members of each events who say she hasn’t explicitly faulted Hamas for the assault.
Scott mentioned of Democrat: “They might relatively embrace antisemitism inside their ranks than upset their liberal base.”
“Eight years in the past, it was good to have a frontrunner who broke issues,” Haley mentioned of Trump.”However proper now, we have to have a frontrunner who additionally is aware of the way to put issues again collectively.”
Haley, a former United Nations ambassador, leaned into her overseas coverage expertise as she argued for longstanding Republican concepts on overseas coverage on the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual assembly in Las Vegas. One other GOP overseas coverage traditionalist and periodic Trump critic, former Vice President Mike Pence, used his look to finish his candidacy, the most recent signal of the previous president’s dominance within the main.
The Republican presidential candidates on Saturday uniformly supported Israel‘s offensive towards Hamas, a departure from their divide on the whether or not the US ought to assist Ukraine towards Russia’s invasion.
Help for Israel is a central subject within the Republican main, significantly amongst evangelical Christians influential in Iowa, which holds the primary Republican caucuses.
Trump, the runaway front-runner within the 2024 race, didn’t acknowledge Haley, Pence or the others who spoke earlier than him. He as a substitute extolled his personal document within the White Home. He boasted that if elected president once more, he would restore “peace by way of energy” and would “cease World Warfare III.”
He drew rousing applause, cheers and a number of standing ovations.
This 12 months’s summit, operating Friday by way of Sunday, comes as Israel responds to Hamas militants who killed a whole lot of civilians in an Oct. 7 assault. The candidates took the stage in Las Vegas hours after Israel on Saturday expanded its floor operation into Gaza, increasing the conflict into a brand new stage of preventing. Israel was additionally persevering with a bombardment of air strikes on the enclave of two.3 million those that reduce off communications and led to warnings of main civilian casualties.
Pence didn’t point out Trump whereas saying he would drop out of the race. However he known as on President Joe Biden to unconditionally assist Israel. He urged the gang on the summit to “maintain quick” to religion, household and the US Structure and he promoted America’s position “as chief of the free world.”
Haley talked about Trump by identify and mentioned he was a “pro-Israel president,” however then went on to say: “The query is, what’s going to he do sooner or later?”
She famous Trump’s feedback days after Hamas’ assault when he drew condemnation for lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and referring to the militant group Hezbollah as “very good.” Haley additionally referred to Trump’s repeated reward for the autocratic leaders of China and North Korea.
“These will not be good or good individuals,” Haley mentioned.
Trump acquired the identical enthusiastic reception he usually has from the Republican Jewish Coalition and declared, “I am proud to be the very best pal that Israel has ever had.”
And regardless of Haley’s feedback shortly earlier than he spoke, Trump went on to reward Hungary’s far-right autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling him “a really robust man.”
“China revered us. Russia revered us. All people revered us. Underneath my presidency, our nation was very, very feared and really, very revered,” he mentioned.
Although the gang of about 1,000 coalition donors was not waring pink yarmulkes with the phrase “Trump” as in years previous, their assist of him was on show early. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has made criticizing Trump central to his marketing campaign, took the stage and was met with fast boos.
The group’s longtime benefactor, billionaire on line casino mogul and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, turned an enormous backer of Trump and implored coalition members to assist Trump in 2016.
Adelson died in 2021. His widow, Miriam Adelson, has remained a serious get together donor however has pledged to remain impartial within the main.
Of their remarks, many of the candidates pledged sturdy assist for Israel. Lots of the candidates blamed Biden, particularly for a $6 billion switch to Iran as a part of a deal to launch 5 US residents detained in Iran, and criticized Democratic officers and liberals for what they are saying is a failure to sufficiently condemn antisemitism.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Pence and Haley have criticized as inexperienced and unsuitable on overseas coverage, drew boos when he mentioned America’s job “is to be robust at dwelling, to thoughts our personal affairs, to keep away from overseas navy entanglements that don’t relate on to our homeland right here.”
However he was cheered all through a lot of the remainder of his speech, together with when he claimed he “would love nothing extra” than for the Israeli navy “to place the heads of the highest 100 Hamas leaders on stakes and line them up on the Israel-Gaza border.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis famous the official actions he had taken to point out assist for Israel, from sponsoring constitution flights for People from Israel to ordering state universities to ban a pro-Palestinian scholar group.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott accused liberal politicians of failing to talk up sufficient in regards to the marginalization and oppression of Jewish People.
When Scott introduced up US Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., the gang booed. The lone Palestinian American in Congress has known as for a cease-fire and reevaluation of US navy support to Israel over issues it might be used to commit conflict crimes. She has been extensively criticized by members of each events who say she hasn’t explicitly faulted Hamas for the assault.
Scott mentioned of Democrat: “They might relatively embrace antisemitism inside their ranks than upset their liberal base.”
