Posts Tagged: UN Israel
UN Approves Accreditation for Hamas-Linked Charity Accused of ‘Promoting Terrorism’
The United Nations approved U.N. accreditation Monday for the London-based Palestinian Return Center in a defeat for Israel which claims the organization is affiliated with...
The UN Report Shamefully Equates Hamas and Israel
The latest UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report on Israel (hereafter “the report”) is poorly reasoned and downright bizarre in many ways. This article focuses on one of...
Once War is Waged, it Must Be Won
Increasingly, human rights organizations are attempting to make military forces operating under the purview of the Laws of Armed Conflict subject to persistent human rights...
Thank the New Israel Fund for the United Nations Report Accusing Israel of War Crimes
On Monday, the United Nations issued their report on Operation Protective Edge, and found that Israel may have “committed war crimes.” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin...
UN-Sanctioned Saudi Blood Libel: Another Obstacle to Peace
JNS.org - Although Israel has been providing free medical treatment to Syrian refugees as well as Palestinians from the disputed territories and even from Gaza, the...
Now is the Time for Middle East Peace
Given the impasse between Israel and the Palestinians in the peace negotiations, the formation of a new right-wing Israeli government will make it further difficult...
Ambassador Power Seeks Removal of Israel From Draft UN List of Children’s Rights Violators
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to remove Israel from the U.N.'s draft list of children's rights violators, Foreign...
Liberal Jews Push Obama to Drop Support for Israel at UN During White House Parley
Members of a group of Jewish supporters of the Democratic Party who met with President Barack Obama this week urged him to remove the long-standing...
Israeli Ambassador to UN: First the Jews, Then the Christians (VIDEO)
In his latest UN Security Council speech on the abuses of religious minorities in the Middle East, Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor decoded the Orwellian machinations...
Should Israel Fear the UN?
President Obama is now reportedly threatening to support - or to at least not veto - a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding creation of...
Head of UN Gaza Probe Resigns
JNS.org- William Schabas, the Canadian academic heading a United Nations Human Rights Council investigation of Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza last summer, said Monday...
Getting Anti-Semitism Wrong at the United Nations
JNS.org - You have to hand it to the United Nations, I guess. It's hard to think of another body that would organize a...
At UN Antisemitism Conference, Saudi Arabia Blames Israel for Rise in Antisemitism
JNS.org - At the first-ever informal United Nations conference addressing antisemitism, surprise attendee Saudi Arabia blamed Israeli "occupation" for the global rise in antisemitism. "Colonization...
Israel Launches Campaign to Discredit International Criminal Court Inquiry
JNS.org - The Israeli government has launched a public diplomacy campaign to discredit the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) recent decision to...
