Nikki Haley sparks outrage with ‘finish them’ message on Israeli bomb

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Nikki Haley sparks outrage with ‘finish them’ message on Israeli bomb

Former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has sparked outrage by writing “Finish Them” on an artillery shell during a Memorial Day visit to the Israeli military near the border with Lebanon.

Photos of the former South Carolina governor writing on the bomb were shared by Israeli parliamentarian and former envoy to the United Nations, Danny Danon, who accompanied the American politician.

Ms Haley’s message also carried the words “America loves Israel”.

The politician’s graphic show of support for Israel came at a time of international outcry over its offensive in southern Rafah city, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Israeli bombardment of Gaza have taken shelter.

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least 45 people, mostly women and children, sheltering in a tent camp in the city.

Israel’s war in Gaza has killed over 36,000 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, reduced much of the territory to a heap of rubble and left more than 80 percent of its 2.2 million people homeless and starving.

The Israeli invasion followed an attack by Hamas on southern Israel that killed around 1,200 soldiers and civilians.

Ms Haley was unapologetic when she spoke to reporters after her stunt and criticised US president Joe Biden for temporarily withholding weapons from Israel to discourage an attack on Rafah.

She also lashed out at the International Criminal Court, which is seeking arrest of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, and the International Court of Justice, which is considering charges of genocide against Israel.

“What America needs to understand is if Israel’s fighting our enemies how can we not help them?” Ms Haley said. “The sure way to not help Israel is to withhold weapons. The sure way to not help Israel is to praise the ICC, the ICJ or any of those that are condemning Israel instead of condemning what happens.”

“America needs to do whatever Israel needs and stop telling them how to fight this war. You are either a friend or not a friend.”

It's not any great surprise, as the U.S. government and both political parties have always supported Israel. Although it's interesting that she states that "Israel is fighting our enemies," and it's on that basis that she believes America should help them. Trump is also pro-Israel, while both are criticizing Biden for not being pro-Israel enough. (Trump recently said that he would crack down on the protesters and deport them: Trump told donors he’ll deport pro-Palestinian protesters)

At this point, it appears that US will continue to support Israel, regardless of whether Biden or Trump are elected. The election will not have any effect on that particular policy. It may differ by degree, though, with the Republicans signing bombs and giving Israel a virtual blank check, or the Democrats still supportive yet trying to persuade them to take the high road and operate with greater restraint.

“While Americans watch Israel burn Gaza alive and Palestinian children are beheaded, Nikki Haley writes love notes on bombs that drop on civilians. Let the world bear witness to your moral depravity,” Dr Omar Suleiman, a civil rights activist, said.

I'm not even sure what Haley was trying to accomplish with this. Maybe she was trying to get back into Trump's good graces? Vying for the VP spot? It does seem to be a rather odd thing to do.

 

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She's dropped her moderate face and became full MAGAface. She's pandering as far as I can tell. She's too much a hypocrite at this point to be understood and taken seriously. My guess is she's trying to get Trump to pick her for vp. Just disgusting. Whatever respect she got from moderate voters she's losing it now. And she won't get MAGAs given her statements against Trump.

 

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Not only is this disgustingly dismissive of the human-rights situation, she just handed some pretty damning anti-American propaganda to the world.

 

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Nikki Haley sparks outrage with ‘finish them’ message on Israeli bomb









It's not any great surprise, as the U.S. government and both political parties have always supported Israel. Although it's interesting that she states that "Israel is fighting our enemies," and it's on that basis that she believes America should help them. Trump is also pro-Israel, while both are criticizing Biden for not being pro-Israel enough. (Trump recently said that he would crack down on the protesters and deport them: Trump told donors he’ll deport pro-Palestinian protesters)

At this point, it appears that US will continue to support Israel, regardless of whether Biden or Trump are elected. The election will not have any effect on that particular policy. It may differ by degree, though, with the Republicans signing bombs and giving Israel a virtual blank check, or the Democrats still supportive yet trying to persuade them to take the high road and operate with greater restraint.



I'm not even sure what Haley was trying to accomplish with this. Maybe she was trying to get back into Trump's good graces? Vying for the VP spot? It does seem to be a rather odd thing to do.

Finish who?
Hamas? The Palestine civilians?

She goes on to state "What America needs to understand is if Israel’s fighting our enemies how can we not help them?”

Last time I checked the Palestinian civilians in Gaza weren't our enemy's.