Tag: UN Security Council
Construction of 80-mile border wall in north near Lebanon causes some tension
To protect its civilians from Hezbollah attacks, Israel is building a wall along its border with Lebanon.
A senior Israeli military official emphasized the need for the barrier, saying that although Israeli intelligence monitors the...
US calls for UN Security Council emergency meeting on rockets fired from Gaza
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called on the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to condemn rocket and mortar attacks against Israel by terrorists in Gaza.
The United...
Israel to end bid for UN Security Council seat
Israel announced on Friday that it would end its longshot bid to secure a seat on the powerful United Nations Security Council.
“After consulting with our partners, including our good friends, the State of Israel...
US asks the UN Security Council to condemn Abbas’s ‘deeply disturbing’ remarks on Holocaust
The United States on Friday asked the U.N. Security Council to reject the “unacceptable” and “deeply disturbing” remarks by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas concerning the Holocaust.
The U.S.-drafted statement would have the council express “serious...
Abbas set to address Security Council to ask for full UN membership
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to address the United Nations Security Council later this month amid growing tensions with the United States.
Abbas, who is scheduled to speak to the international body on...