Posts Tagged: united nations
Tunnel Vision and UNIFIL
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned UN Secretary General António Guterres on Wednesday and demanded that he and the rest of the international...
Unsurprisingly, Turkey Sides with Hamas on UN Resolution Condemning Gaza Rocket Attacks
Turkey, a NATO ally, plans to oppose an American-sponsored draft resolution at the United Nations condemning Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terror factions...
Palestinian Authority and Hamas Join Forces Against US and Israel at the UN
JNS.org - Although reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah in Cairo have failed, in spite of continuing sanctions imposed by Mahmoud Abbas on the Gaza...
The UN Hates Jews Who Defend Themselves
JNS.org - As Hamas violence along the border with Israel intensified last week, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay E. Mladenov tweeted,...
Israel, Syria to Reopen Golan Crossing on Monday: US Envoy to UN
Israel, Syria, and the United Nations have agreed to open the Quneitra crossing in the Golan Heights on Monday, US Ambassador to the United Nations...
American UN Envoy: Iran Violating Iraqi Sovereignty to Create Corridor ‘From Tehran to the Mediterranean’
Washington's envoy to the United Nations accused Iran on Thursday of flagrantly violating Iraqi sovereignty in order to carve a corridor from Tehran to the...
Iran and Israel Call Each Other Nuclear Threats, Ask UN to Take Action
Iran asked the United Nations to condemn what it described as Israeli nuclear threats against it on Thursday, while Israel said it was stepping up...
Chair of UN Probe of Gaza Border Violence Quits Less Than Month Into Job
Former war crimes prosecutor David Crane, an American who was named only last month to lead a UN investigation into violence in Gaza this year,...
A Belated Obituary for the World’s Conscience
JNS.org - If personal dignity and good intentions are enough to justify a long career, then Kofi Annan deserves all of the plaudits that he’s...
Former UN Chief and Nobel Peace Laureate Kofi Annan Dies Aged 80
Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died on Saturday at the age of 80, his foundation said, after decades of championing...
UNIFIL Has Another Opportunity to Do Its Job in Lebanon
JNS.org - Good riddance. These words are the proper sendoff for Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon...
Reading, Writing, and Jihad: Child Soldiers and a Lost Generation
The child soldiers in Yemen are many. There is "Saeed," 18, who told a reporter that "brave men become martyrs on the battlefields." As a soldier,...
Leaving the UN Human Rights Council Was the Right Decision
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the one hand and human rights on the other hand constitute a classic oxymoron, as underlined by the...
Antisemitism at the United Nations Cannot Be Ignored
JNS.org - It was just another day at the office for UN officials. As it has done innumerable times in the last 50 years, on...
