Posts Tagged: UN Security Council
‘Go Choke on a Latke’; Livid Social Media Users Respond to Kerry’s Hanukkah Greeting Issued Shortly After US Failure to Back Israel at UN
America’s top diplomat drew a flurry of ire and scorn in response to a Hanukkah greeting he tweeted on Saturday, less than 24 hours after...
With Obama Administration Abstaining, UN Security Council Approves Anti-Israeli Settlement Resolution
The UN Security Council voted 14-0 on Friday -- with the US abstaining -- in favor of an anti-settlement resolution that was vehemently opposed by...
With UN Security Council Vote on Anti-Settlement Resolution Looming, Israel’s UN Envoy Calls on America to ‘Stand By Us’
Israel’s UN envoy called on America to “stand by us” after it was announced on Friday morning that a vote on an Egyptian-promoted anti-settlement resolution...
Trump Draws Praise for ‘Extremely Effective, Daring’ Involvement in Delaying Vote on Egypt-Promoted Anti-Israeli Settlement UN Security Council Resolution
President-elect Donald Trump has drawn rare praise from the New York Daily News for his involvement in delaying a vote on an Egypt-promoted anti-Israeli settlement UN...
Trump, Netanyahu Urge Obama to Veto UN Anti-Settlement Resolution
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Obama administration on Thursday to veto a U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling...
Ban Ki-moon’s Last Hypocritical Hurrah
The outgoing secretary-general of the United Nations outdid himself this week. In his final briefing to the Security Council on Friday, Ban Ki-moon said, "Over...
Aleppo Evacuations Continue as UN Prepares to Vote on Sending Monitoring Group
Thousands more people were evacuated from what remained of the smashed rebel enclaves in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, as the U.N. Security...
Infamous Anti-Israel Professor Storms Off Debate on ‘Double Standards’ Towards Jewish State, After Calling Moderator a ‘Certified Moron’
Calling the moderator of a debate “a certified moron,” controversial anti-Israel professor Norman Finkelstein abruptly stormed off the air when he was asked to “dial...
Washington Post: Any End-of-Term Obama-Led Israeli-Palestinian Peace Push Will Be Viewed as ‘Legacy-Seeking Grandstanding’
Any end-of-term Israeli-Palestinian peace push by the Obama administration would likely be viewed in the Middle East as “legacy-seeking grandstanding rather than as a contribution...
Leading Columnist: Clinton Supporters Must Call on Her to Ensure Obama Refrains From Any Diplomatic Moves Against Israel Before January
Hillary Clinton supporters must call on the Democratic presidential nominee to ensure President Barack Obama refrains from making any diplomatic moves against Israel during the...
Report: Obama Administration ‘Manufacturing Crisis’ With Israel to Apply Pressure on Jewish State Ahead of Lame-Duck-Period Push for Palestinian State
With its eyes on the potential launch of an Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative after next month’s presidential election, the Obama administration is “manufacturing a crisis” over settlement...
UN Security Council to Meet on Israel Settlement Building as ‘Obstacle to Peace’
The United Nations Security Council is expected to meet next Friday to discuss Israel's settlement building in the West Bank in what is widely seen as...
Egypt Blocked UN Endorsement of Quartet Report on Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
JNS.org - The American and European effort to have the UN adopt the recent Quartet report on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was derailed by Egypt, the Hebrew...
Can Israel’s New Proactive UN Posture Lead to Security Council Seat?
JNS.org - Long panned for harboring deep anti-Israel bias, the United Nations (UN) has often been discounted by critical Israeli leaders as an organization with little...
