Tag: United Nations
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...
UNESCO vote highlights continued UN bias against Israel
Most people know the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization through its eponymous and popular designation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. By UNESCO's own definition, "World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the...
UN secretary-general expected to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority
A planned trip by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to yield significant developments but may help relieve tensions in a strained relationship.
The United Nations has not announced...
Gallant calls for ‘urgent UN intervention’ at Lebanon border
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday called for the United Nations to step in to stop the growing threat from Hezbollah at the Lebanon border.
The minister made the request during a meeting at the organization's...
Israeli delegation heading to UN amid Lebanon border tensions
A delegation of senior Israeli officials from the diplomatic corps and the military will visit the United Nations in the coming days to discuss the recent escalation at the Lebanon border.
The trip to U.N....
UN official accuses Israel of depriving Palestinians of their liberty
The U.N. special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories on Monday issued a scathing report accusing Israel of abusing Palestinians and depriving them of liberty.
Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer with a long history of hostile...
Biden’s glass White House
So far, U.S. President Joe Biden has been good about withholding criticism of Israel publicly despite the Netanyahu government doing everything it can to provoke him. Other than expressing concern about judicial reform and...
Rep Mark Green: Rejoining UNESCO ‘undermines’ US-Israel relationship
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced on June 12 that the United States plans to rejoin the body in July and pay more than $600 million in back payments. Washington had withdrawn from UNESCO...
Envoys to UN in Geneva visit Israel, get ‘different perspective’
The first-ever delegation of senior legal advisers and human-rights experts from permanent missions to the United Nations in Geneva visited Israel last week to get firsthand insights into the country's institutions, legal framework, population...
The United Nations’ jihad against Israel
The United Nations has adopted the nasty habit of many Palestinians: throwing everything at Israel but the kitchen sink. Accusations against Israel have ranged from fabricated claims not merely of "apartheid," but climate apartheid, water...