Posts Tagged: UN General Assembly
Israel is to Blame for United Nations PA Upgrade Blunder
In the wake of the recent vote in the UN General Assembly, the reactions across the Israeli political spectrum were anything but a surprise. While...
Mahmoud Abbas and the UN General Assembly
Mahmoud Abbas's drive for unilateral Palestinian recognition at the United Nations is like a train running full steam ahead -- except this one is going...
Who Will Block the Palestinian Authority at the UN?
U.S. President Barack Obama was right to advise Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to seek to upgrade the status of the...
Abbas Sets Date for Palestinian Authority UN Status Upgrade Bid
Amid growing opposition from Israel and the U.S., Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas said he agreed with Arab League foreign ministers, with whom he met...
Abbas Plans to Bring Statehood Recognition Bid to United Nations
At a meeting with Israeli Members of Knesset, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) that he will proceed with...
Dear New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof
You recently wrote a column in The New York Times entitled "Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemy?" Asserting that yours is "an act of friendship," you unleashed a...
America Keeps Pushing
The serious impact of the US administration's fierce condemnation of a routine municipal approval for construction of 1100 homes in the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo...
Indigenous People Declaration May Counter PA Claims
Prime Minister Netanyahu has urged PA President Abbas to agree to direct talks. Abbas told UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the Palestinian Authority is adamant about becoming it's 194th...
