Posts Tagged: Israel and UN
Israel Withdraws From Race for 2019/2020 Security Council Seat
Israel withdrew on Friday from a race against Germany and Belgium for two seats on the United Nations Security Council in 2019/2020 due to its low...
Top Israeli Diplomat Slams UN Human Rights Official for Accusing IDF of Using ‘Excessive Force’ Against Palestinian Rioters on Gaza Border
Israeli diplomat Danny Danon has slammed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein over his denouncement of the IDF’s alleged use of “excessive...
Israel Says to Send 16,000 African Migrants to Western Countries
Israel said on Monday it has scrapped a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the UN refugee agency to send...
Ben-Gurion and Bolton vs. the United Nations
JNS.org – Presumably, David Ben-Gurion would have disagreed with John Bolton on a number of issues. But the Israeli founding father likely would have appreciated the incoming...
Top US Diplomat Haley Slams UN Human Rights Council as ‘Foolish and Unworthy of Its Name’ After Passage of More Anti-Israel Resolutions
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed the UN Human Rights Council on Friday after it approved a slew of anti-Israel decisions within the...
Israeli PM Netanyahu to American UN Envoy Haley: Trump Is Focused on Right Thing — Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in New York City on Thursday with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. The sit-down took place three days...
European States Push US for Detailed Israeli-Palestinian Peace Proposals
Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Italy called on the United States on Friday to put forward detailed proposals for peace between Israel and the Palestinians...
UN Approves Expansion of Israeli Project Bolstering Security of Peacekeeping Force in Central African Republic
The United Nations approved earlier this week the extension of an Israeli technology project designed to bolster the security of the global intergovernmental body’s Multidimensional...
Israel Co-Sponsors Saudi Resolution Against Syria at UN
JNS.org – In an unprecedented move, Israel on Tuesday co-sponsored a draft resolution against Syria that was submitted by Saudi Arabia at the United Nations Human...
Report: Mexico Will Stop Voting in Favor of Palestinians at UN
Mexico will stop voting in favor of the Palestinians at United Nations institutions, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has reported. According to the report, Mexican Foreign...
UN Is No Longer Home Court of the Palestinians, Israeli Envoy Says
Israel’s situation at the United Nations is slowly improving, the Jewish state’s envoy to the global intergovernmental body said in an interview published by the...
Alan Dershowitz: Trump Did the Right Thing by Walking Away From UNESCO — for Now
This article was first published by Gatestone Institute. The State Department announced on Thursday that the United States would be withdrawing from the UN agency UNESCO,...
Between High-Level Diplomatic Meetings, Israeli PM Netanyahu, Joined by Wife, Hits Streets of New York to Meet Locals
In town for the 72nd UN General Assembly session, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu and his wife Sara hit the streets of Manhattan on Monday...
Israel Seeks UN’s Respect in Push for Security Council Seat
Outreach to Africa, educational trips for foreign diplomats and a more conciliatory Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make it clear: Israel is campaigning to overcome its...
