Tag: U.N. General Assembly
UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a "High-level International Conference" to be held in June to push forward the establishment of a state of Palestine.
The conference will advance...
UNGA passes resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Out of the 193 members of the world body, 153 voted in favor of the...
Netanyahu: The ’diplomatic tsunami’ is in Israel’s favor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opening the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, touted his government's diplomatic achievements at last week's U.N. General Assembly session.
"If they talked about a diplomatic tsunami, I'm telling...
US Jewish groups packed their schedules during UN General Assembly
The U.N. General Assembly is best known for its annual, high-level General Debate, during which world leaders do not debate but instead take the podium individually to broadcast largely promotional messages to the globe.
Much...
Israel’s UN ambassador preps for a busy General Assembly
This week’s meeting in New York between the leaders of Israel and the United States on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly is sure to be a headline-grabber.
But Israel’s ambassador to the...
High-level delegation readies to join Netanyahu at United Nations
The Israeli government plans to send a high-level delegation to next week’s U.N. General Assembly in New York City, JNS has learned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to meet with U.S. President Joe...
Netanyahu to tour Silicon Valley ahead of UN speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit San Francisco next week ahead of his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Sunday.
Netanyahu will...
Let UNRWA die already
Despite managing to raise $160 million in New York on Thursday, at a pledging conference of the Ad Hoc Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, the head of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine...
In wake of Amnesty ‘apartheid’ report, Palestinians urge UN to sanction Israel
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday night welcomed Amnesty International UK’s report accusing Israel of apartheid, and also urged the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council to impose sanctions on the Jewish state. The P.A. also called...
1,500-plus rabbis rebuke US for abstention vote on UN resolution targeting Israel
The largest rabbinic public-policy organization in the United States called the Biden administration’s decision to abstain from a U.N. General Assembly draft resolution that targeted Israel “quite disappointing.”
The text, called “Assistance to Palestinian Refugees,” demands “compensation”...