Posts Tagged: UN General Assembly
Egyptian President Says Palestinian Authority Must Take Charge of Gaza Strip Crossings
The Palestinian Authority must take charge of the crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip, and restore control to the coastal area, Egyptian President...
Obama to Meet With Cuba’s President Raul Castro on Tuesday
President Barack Obama will hold a formal meeting Tuesday with Cuban President Raul Castro. The meeting comes on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General...
Abbas Says He’ll ‘Drop a Bombshell’ at End of Upcoming UN Speech
Two weeks before his speech at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 29, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stated that he will, "Drop a 'bombshell'...
Obama Tells Rabbis He Hopes to Meet With Netanyahu by Early October
President Barack Obama told rabbis in a pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call that security talks with Israel had resumed and he hoped to meet with Israeli...
Israeli Experts Ridicule Reported Abbas Threat to Cancel Oslo Accords
According to reports in the Arab press, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is on the verge of announcing he is no longer bound by the Oslo...
Vatican Demands Removal From Palestinian Flag Bid at UN
BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org - Despite its recognition of a “State of Palestine,” the Vatican has requested it be removed from a Palestinian-prepared United Nations General Assembly draft resolution that...
Abbas Finds a Friend in The New York Times
In his Rosh Hashanah tirade at the UN General Assembly Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, now in the ninth year of his four-year term, calumnied...
UN Votes in Favor of Making 2014 ‘International Year of Solidarity With the Palestinian People’
The UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday to make 2014 the "International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People." The decision was passed by...
Netanyahu: Interpreter Who Called Out UN’s Hypocrisy ‘Has a Job Waiting for Her in Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a UN interpreter caught by an open microphone expressing bewilderment at a slew of resolutions condemning Israel...
Britain, Iran to Mutually Appoint Envoys Within Weeks
In a sign of the continuing thaw taking place between Iran and Western nations, the Islamic Republic and Britain have agreed to name a charge...
Syria Exemplifies Failure of the United Nations
The U.N. General Assembly's 68th session will open its annual "general debate" in New York on Tuesday, with leadoff speakers including President Obama and Iranian President...
Iran’s Rouhani Slams Israel in UN General Assembly Speech
Ynet - Iran's new president Hassan Rohani delivered his address at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, insisting that his country posed no threat to the region or...
U.S. and Iran Close to Agreeing to Direct Talks
L.A. Times - Signaling a possible thaw in long-frozen relations, the Obama administration and the new leadership in Iran are communicating about Syria...
22 UN General Assembly Resolutions Targeted Israel This Year, 4 for Rest of World, Holocaust Revisionist Endorsed
By the end of this week the current 2012 UNGA session will have adopted 22 country-specific resolutions targeting Israel - and ...
