Tag: United Nations
Canada’s recent, though rare, vote against Israel at UN sparks concern in Jewish circles
Aside from the United States, Canada has been one of Israel’s most stalwart allies on the international stage, often voting against one-sided resolutions targeting the Jewish state. However, a number of recent votes by...
UN Panel Accepts Palestinian Demand to Probe Israel Over ‘Apartheid’
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which the Palestinians joined in 2014, will summon Israel and the Palestinians to a hearing and conciliation efforts, senior sources in the Foreign Ministry...
Delegation of UN envoys tours Judea and Samaria
An official delegation of 23 United Nations ambassadors toured Judea and Samaria last week, Israel Hayom reported on Thursday.
The tour, part of the Samaria Regional Council’s foreign relations efforts, was led by Israel’s U.N Ambassador Danny...
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...
Spurring international action to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees
Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan spoke at the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday about Jewish refugees from the Middle East being largely forgotten, and that there needs to be more awareness of their plight.
“It’s about time....
In a surprise move, 13 countries vote against anti-Israel resolution at the UN
Thirteen countries changed their voting pattern at the United Nations on Tuesday, voting against an annual resolution that supports a pro-Palestinian U.N. agency.
Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania,...
Israel to introduce resolution in UN calling for recognition of Mideast Jewish refugees
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Tuesday that Israel will submit a resolution to the General Assembly to formally recognize Jewish refugees, or Mizrachi Jews, from Arab countries and Iran.
Danon...
Danon: European ‘automatic support’ for Palestinians is ‘a propaganda campaign’
The U.N. Security Council convened on Wednesday in the aftermath of the U.S. State Department’s policy change on Tuesday regarding the legal status of the Jewish communities in the West Bank.
“All settlements are illegal...
Israel, US to push for tighter UN scrutiny of Palestinian refugee agency
The United States and Israel are joining forces to push for reform in the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), according to Israel’s mission to the United...
After outcry, UN reschedules ‘decolonization committee’ meeting that fell on Yom Kippur
The U.N. Secretariat, one of the main organs of the United Nations, has rescheduled a meeting conflicting with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, on Oct. 9.
A meeting set by the Special Political...