Tag: United Nations
In the footsteps of his predecessors, Bennett aims to change paradigms
“Hands out of your pockets, sir!” barked a U.S. Secret Service agent at a bewildered pedestrian as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett walked down the Fifth Avenue sidewalk in New York City, accompanied by...
Israel’s opposition blasts Bennett’s ‘hollow, cliché-filled’ UNGA address
The Likud Party criticized Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, saying he had squandered an opportunity to make Israel’s case during his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the day.
Bennett’s...
Iran’s UN rep calls Bennett’s speech ‘full of lies’
Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, assailed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, saying that the speech he delivered was “full of lies.”
“Iran-phobia runs rampant at UN,” Takht-Ravanchi tweeted. “The Israeli...
IAEA: Iran reneges on agreement to let nuclear inspectors service monitoring equipment
Iran broke an agreement to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to maintain monitoring equipment at Iranian nuclear sites, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Sunday.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi “stresses that...
Bennett to call for action, not words, against Iran in UN speech
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in New York Sunday, a day before his scheduled speech at the U.N. General Assembly. It is always helpful for an Israeli leader to travel abroad on the...
UN conference highlights Houthi persecution of minority populations in Yemen
A conference spotlighting the oppression of Yemen’s minorities by the Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels occurred Monday on the sidelines of the 48th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, which takes place from Sept. 13...
Abraham Accords nations issue first joint statement at UN
For the first time since signing the Abraham Accords, Israel and three of its new regional partners—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco—issued a joint statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council in...
Iranian president condemns US sanctions, ‘Zionist occupier’ in UN address
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, addressing the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly by video on Tuesday, called for an end to ongoing American sanctions, describing them as the United States’ “new way...
Pro-Israel leaders, senior officials hold counter-conference to protest upcoming Durban IV
A group of pro-Israel academics, activists, government officials and members of the media held a virtual conference strongly criticizing the Durban conferences against racism, which from its first and most notable conference in Durban,...
The hate-fest that is Durban rears its ugly head again
Next week, the United Nations is set to reinforce infamy. In the wings of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, it is to hold a 20th anniversary summit of its so-called World...