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Canada’s recent, though rare, vote against Israel at UN sparks concern in Jewish circles

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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...
The United Nations building in New York City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

UN Panel Accepts Palestinian Demand to Probe Israel Over ‘Apartheid’

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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...
The Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria. Photo by Shuki/Wikimedia Commons

Delegation of UN envoys tours Judea and Samaria

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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...
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley address the UN Watch NGO in New York on Dec. 5, 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

Nikki Haley targets Venezuela, even Canada, while criticizing the UN for corruption, hypocrisy

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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...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an event highlighting the need to recognize Jewish refugees from the Middle East at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, Dec. 4, 2019. Credit: Israeli Mission to the United Nations.

Spurring international action to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees

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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....
U.S. President Donald Trump gives his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly's 72nd session in New York, Sept. 19. Credit: U.N. Photo/Kim Haughton.

In a surprise move, 13 countries vote against anti-Israel resolution at the UN

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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,...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an emergency U.N. General Assembly meeting in United Nations headquarters in New York City on Dec. 21, 2017. Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90.

Israel to introduce resolution in UN calling for recognition of Mideast Jewish refugees

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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...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses the U.N. Security Council during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

Danon: European ‘automatic support’ for Palestinians is ‘a propaganda campaign’

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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...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an emergency General Assembly meeting in United Nations headquarters in New York City on Dec. 21, 2017. Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90.

Israel, US to push for tighter UN scrutiny of Palestinian refugee agency

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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...
A view of the UN. General Assembly hall. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

After outcry, UN reschedules ‘decolonization committee’ meeting that fell on Yom Kippur

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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...