NIKKI HALEY: UNLESS UN RIGHTS COUNCIL REFORMS, USA IS OUT:

The United States is ready to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council unless it institutes reforms, including removing Israel as a permanent item on its agenda, USA Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an Israeli American audience. "The Human Rights Council will either adopt these reforms, or the United States will leave.” Haley said the USA proposed reforms include removing "Item 7,” which requires a report on Israeli actions in Judea & Samaria each time the panel convenes. She said the United States also wanted structural changes that would keep major human rights abusers from joining the council. Haley said the USA delegation was endeavoring to keep unpublished a list the UN Human Rights Council is compiling of companies doing business with Judea & Samaria settlements. Israel and the United States see the list as a blacklist for boycotters. She described one of the Obama administration’s last acts — allowing through a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlements — as a "betrayal” of Israel. (Times of Israel)