Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said during an interview over the weekend that the reason that Arab nations did not want to take Palestinian refugees into their countries was because they could not vet them and they did not want terrorists living in their countries.
Haley made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” when asked about the hundreds of thousands of people being displaced as a result of Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel.
The Republican presidential candidate noted that Hamas was doing everything they could to prevent civilians from leaving their homes because they use those people as shields in an effort to prevent Israeli airstrikes.
“Don’t ever forget what Hamas did. Don’t ever forget those girls running for their life,” she said. “Don’t ever forget those babies that were killed in cribs. Don’t ever forget the people that they were dragging through the streets. And what were they saying, Jake? They were saying, ‘Death to Israel, death to America.'”
“I dealt with this at the United Nations. You’re going to hear all of those Arab countries vilify Israel for what’s about to happen,” she continued. “We should care about the Palestinian citizens, especially the innocent ones, because they didn’t ask for this. But where are the Arab countries? Where are they? Where is Qatar? Where is Lebanon? Where is Jordan? Where is Egypt? Do you know we give Egypt over a billion dollars a year? Why aren’t they opening the gates? Why aren’t they taking the Palestinians?”
“You know why? Because they know they can’t vet them, and they don’t want Hamas in their neighborhood,” she added. “So why would Israel want them in their neighborhood? So let’s be honest with what’s going on. The Arab countries aren’t doing anything to help the Palestinians because they don’t trust who is right, who is good, who is evil, and they don’t want it in their country.”
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