Tag: United Nations
Nicaragua quits ICJ suit against Israel
The Nicaraguan government withdrew this week from proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, triggering allegations of intense diplomatic pressure on Managua among Jerusalem’s critics and satisfaction among its advocates.
The ICJ,...
UN has no authority over commission accusing Israel of genocide, Guterres says
The office of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told JNS that the global body head has no oversight over a U.N. commission accusing Israel of “genocidal acts.”
“The Independent International Commission of Inquiry is an independent...
Dozens of envoys attend UN memorial for Oded Lifshitz, and Shiri, Ariel and Kfir...
Dozens of United Nations ambassadors attended a ceremony at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Monday that memorialized Oded Lifshitz and Shiri Bibas—and her sons Ariel and Kfir—all four of whom were murdered...
UN chief appeals to Hamas to release Israeli hostages
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged the Hamas terror group to abide by its obligation to release additional Israeli hostages in accordance with its ceasefire agreement with the Jewish state.
"We must avoid at...
EU parliamentarians from 14 countries ask Guterres to shutter UNRWA
Members of the European Parliament from 14 nations have appealed to the United Nations to shut down the terror-linked U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Israeli media...
UNRWA activities become illegal in Israel
Laws that ban UNRWA in Israel went into effect on Thursday, barring the United Nations aid agency for Palestinians from maintaining a presence or activities in that country, and prohibiting Israeli officials from engaging...
Danon to UNSC: Israel’s UNRWA ban comes into force in 48 hours
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon informed the Security Council on Tuesday that Jerusalem intends to terminate all ties with the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in 48 hours, asserting that...
Trump is right about letting Palestinians leave Gaza
President Donald Trump is often at his best when he discards conventional wisdom and what the experts say is the only solution to any given problem. That was clearly the case when, during a...
‘Well-developed’ Biden admin anti-Israel ‘January surprise’ planned at UN, former US official says
The Biden administration is planning a “January surprise” that is “modeled directly on the January surprise of the Obama administration in 2016—that is U.N. Resolution 2334, which basically, to put it a little bit...
Why the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is fated to fail … and why that’s a good...
Some 415 days after Hezbollah launched a war against Israel in solidarity with Hamas following its Oct. 7 massacre, the United States, France, Israel and Lebanon announced a ceasefire. While the Biden administration surely...