Tag: U.N. Security Council
Outgoing UN Ambassador Danny Danon says world is gradually changing its perspective on Israel
Just days after returning to Israel following his five-year stint as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon spoke to JNS in an exclusive interview on his experiences in New York.
Born in Ramat...
Ahead of UNIFIL renewal, Israel escorts international delegation to Lebanon border
The Israeli Foreign Ministry and Israel Defense Forces on Friday escorted a delegation of 12 ambassadors, U.N. Security Council members and representatives from countries contributing to the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on...
Pompeo: It’s Israel’s decision whether to move ahead with sovereignty plan
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that it was up to Israel whether or not to extend sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria.
Speaking shortly after the United Nations and Arab...
Arab League head: Israel’s sovereignty bid could spark ‘a religious war’
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria could ignite “a religious war in and beyond...
Pompeo: Iran military satellite launch may violate UN resolution
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Iran’s launch of a military satellite may have defied U.N. Security Council resolution 2231 and that Tehran should be held “accountable.” UNSC Resolution 2231...
Danon slams claims that Israel is impeding Palestinian efforts to combat coronavirus
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations strongly criticized a letter by the Palestinians to the U.N. Security Council accusing Israel of impeding efforts by the Palestinian Authority to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the...
Iran threatens ‘decisive’ action to US ‘miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf
Iran’s Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (NEDSA) said in a statement published on its affiliated Sepah News website on Sunday that its response to U.S. “error in calculation” in the Persian Gulf and...
Abbas: Trump’s vision of Palestinian state is ‘like Swiss cheese’
In a speech on Tuesday to the U.N. Security Council, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas expressed contempt towards the Trump administration’s peace plan, saying it is filled with holes and comparing it to “Swiss...
History will remember Abbas as peace rejectionist
Even before the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan was revealed earlier this month, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was planning his trip to New York City, where he plans to address the United...
Nikki Haley targets Venezuela, even Canada, while criticizing the UN for corruption, hypocrisy
In a scathing speech last week about corruption in the United Nations, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Canada of making a “deal with the devil” and called again for the removal...