The US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is slated to travel to Israel on June 7.
The US Missions’s Press and Public Diplomacy section revealed the finalized dates for Haley’s visit on Tuesday confirming that the UN envoy will spend three days in Israel from June 7 to June 9. Haley is expected to hold meetings with Israeli leaders.
A foreign ministry source said that Haley will begin her visit in Jerusalem where she will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin.
The US Ambassador will then head north to a location overlooking the borders with Lebanon and Syria where she will receive security briefings from Israeli military officials. Haley will conclude her visit with meetings with Palestinian Authority officials.
Prior to her visit to Israel Haley will travel to Geneva on June 6 to address the UN Human Rights Council whose funding is under threat by the Trump administration.
The US Mission to the United Nations said Tuesday that Haley’s address to the Human Rights Council on June 6 will be the first by a US ambassador. It will be followed by a speech at the Graduate Institute Geneva laying out the US position on future involvement with the council that will address its benefits and failings.
Haley has also complained about anti-Israel bias at the Human Rights Council and said in March that she planned to visit Geneva to talk to members about what the US thinks an effective council should look like.
Haley said in March that if Washington sees changes it likes it will remain a member and if not “we’ll put out.”
