Posts Tagged: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Palestinian Authority Applies for Entry Into Eight International Treaties at UN
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority has filed official requests this past week to join eight international treaties, including the UN’s International Convention against Apartheid in Sports...
Outgoing UN Chief Admits ‘Disproportionate’ Anti-Israel Bias at World Body
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is stepping down at the end of the year, acknowledged in a departing speech that there is...
Israeli Embassy Making Effort to Arrange September Meeting Between Netanyahu, Obama
Efforts are being made to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama after the Israeli leader addresses the UN General...
Chief Palestinian Negotiator: ‘What’s the Difference Between Someone Calling Himself Leader of Jewish State and Someone Calling himself Leader of Islamic State?’
The high-ranking Palestinian Authority official in charge of negotiations with Israel made an analogy between the Jewish state and the bloodthirsty terror group ISIS in an address in...
Iranian Missile Tests Violate UN Resolution, US and Europe Say
JNS.org - The United States and its European allies said that Iran was “in defiance of” a United Nations Security Council resolution when the Islamic...
Israel and UN-Palestinian Complicity
This week, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN headquarters in New York. During the meeting, Ban typically drew moral...
UN Chief Condemns Rocket Fire From Lebanon on Northern Israel
JNS.org - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the rocket fire from Lebanon on northern Israel. The attack was meant to avenge the...
Despite Guarantees Watchdog Says UNRWA Teachers Continue Glorifying Murder of ‘Jewish Apes and Pigs’ on Facebook
Despite warnings and dismissals, UN employees have continued to encourage Palestinian knife attacks against Jews, according to a new report released by Geneva-based UN Watch on Monday. This is the...
Israel to UN: Condemn Palestinian Red Crescent for Neglecting Jewish Victims
JNS.org - Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has asked U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to publicly condemn the Palestinian Red Crescent organization after...
Palestinians Claim Jews Stole Shakshuka From Them (VIDEO)
Last week, Israeli U.N. ambassador Ron Prosor treated U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to shakshuka, from an Israeli Manhattan food truck called Shuka Truck. ...
Israel’s Rivlin Urges UN Secretary General to Oppose Palestinian ICC Bid, Calls Accusations ‘Unacceptable’
Ynet - President Reuven Rivlin urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take a stand against the Palestinian attempt to bring IDF soldiers and Israeli leaders...
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...
Israeli Ambassador Prosor Accuses UN of ‘Hypocrisy’ While Defending Jerusalem
Ynet - Israeli ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor borrowed from a famous 19th century French writer's pamphlet on anti-Semitism to defend Jerusalem during the...
Netanyahu Meets Ban Ki-Moon, Says UN Actions During Operation Protective Edge Helped Hamas
JNS.org- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the United Nations for allowing its schools and facilities to be used as storage and launch sites for Hamas...
