{"id":2858,"date":"2018-10-10T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T05:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2018-10-10T20:52:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:52:53","slug":"ambassador-nikki-haley-the-most-popular-us-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/2018\/10\/ambassador-nikki-haley-the-most-popular-us-politician\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Nikki Haley: the most popular US politician"},"content":{"rendered":"

United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has announced her resignation from the position<\/a>. This has come as a surprise to many and prompted conspiracy theories<\/a> in addition to her stated reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whatever her motivation, Haley has become one of, if not the, most popular politician in America<\/a> – enjoying bipartisan support<\/a> that is so rare in the current US political climate.<\/p>\n

While New Zealand leaders have spoken of UN reform<\/a>, Haley took tangible steps toward important changes. New Zealand has focussed on reforming the veto<\/a> held by permanent members of the Security Council but Haley showed leadership in areas where the UN clearly failed to live up to its potential.<\/p>\n

Haley was most visible and outspoken against the anti-Israel bias in the United Nations. Her first U.N. press briefing from February 2017 became the most-viewed speech of any U.N. ambassador in history<\/a>. In that speech, she said, “The United States is determined to stand up to the UN’s anti-Israel bias”.<\/p>\n