Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum told Newsmax Thursday that the diplomatic cover the United States used to reliably provide for Israel was more important than military aid, which is what made last week’s failure to veto a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas so “disappointing.”
Hassan-Nahoum joined “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” to talk about the state of affairs in the Middle East in general, saying she still believes it’s in America’s best interest to support Israel.
“The help that we get from the United States is not simply military. We also get diplomatic coverage in the U.N.,” Hassan-Nahoum told host Greta Van Susteren. “Unfortunately, we saw a couple of weeks ago that even that is open to failing on us when the Biden administration did not boycott a call for a cease-fire that was not linked to the release of the hostages. It was very disappointing; it was a punch in the gut of Israel.”
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