Posts Tagged: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Guterres Arrives in Israel on First Visit as UN Chief
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Israel on Sunday on his first Holy Land trip since becoming the UN leader in January. Guterres was greeted...
Netanyahu Criticizes UN Treatment of Israel, Says Iran Is Building Missile Sites in Syria and Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday with blistering criticism of the international body’s treatment of Israel and accusing it of...
Israel to Press UN Secretary General on ‘Blindness’ to Hezbollah Weapons Smuggling
Israel will press UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on what it says is Hezbollah's arms buildup in Lebanon during his first visit to the Jewish...
UN Secretary-General Guterres to Make First Visit to Israel, Palestinian Territories at End of Month
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Israel and the disputed territories in late August for his first Holy Land trip since becoming...
UN Palestinian Forum Promotes BDS, Claims Israel ‘Worse Than Apartheid South Africa’
A UN forum on the Palestinian issue on Friday provided a platform for anti-Zionist activists to promote the BDS campaign, claim that Israel practices "apartheid...
UN Chief Calls for End to Israeli ‘Occupation’ on 50th Anniversary of Six-Day War
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern with Israel’s “occupation” in the disputed territories on the Gregorian calendar’s 50th anniversary of the start of...
Netanyahu Lauds US Senate for ‘Standing Up for Israel’ at UN With Call to Treat Jewish State Fairly
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the US Senate on Friday for “standing up for Israel at the UN” after every member of the body signed...
All 100 US Senators Sign Letter Urging UN Chief to ‘Root Out’ World Body’s Anti-Israel Bias
JNS.org - All 100 U.S. senators signed a letter, sent to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, demanding that the world body end its “anti-Israel agenda.” The letter,...
UN Chief: Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist a ‘Modern Form of Antisemitism’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed to take action to end anti-Semitism, and called denial of Israel’s right to exist a modern form of anti-Jewish...
New UN Report Compares Israeli ‘Occupation’ to US Slavery
JNS.org - After the United Nations-affiliated Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) last month released a controversial report describing Israel as an “apartheid regime,”...
UN Secretary General Calls on World to Increase Aid to People Fleeing ISIS-Held Mosul
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to increase aid to help people fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul...
UN Chief Reaffirms Jewish Ties to Temple Mount, Vows to Curb Anti-Israel Bias at World Body
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed his recognition of Judaism’s historic ties to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount last week, during a meeting with...
Israel, Fake News and the ‘Apartheid State’
When I first set foot in Jerusalem in August 2006 – arriving in the country in the midst of the Second Lebanon War – one...
Top American Jewish Official: Middle Eastern Leaders Relieved to See Obama Go, Want US to Take Tougher Line Against Iran
Middle Eastern leaders are looking for the Trump administration to re-engage with the region and take a tougher line against Iran, a top American Jewish...
