Tag: United Nations
US has ‘deep concern’ about Israeli effort to alter UNRWA legal status
Even by U.N. Security Council standards, Wednesday’s meeting of the global body was contentious.
The Palestinian Authority envoy balked at Israel’s comparison of the P.A. and Hamas, and Philippe Lazzarini, the U.N. Relief and Works...
Israel declares Guterres persona non grata on Rosh Hashanah eve
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, persona non grata in the Jewish state on Wednesday morning, hours before Rosh Hashanah begins.
“Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on...
UN Human Rights commissioner calls Jew-hate ‘an assault on our collective humanity’
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, delivered a statement on Wednesday before a workshop geared to counter antisemitism, sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in Geneva.
“Antisemitism is a scourge on our collective humanity,”...
Israel, Hamas agree to ‘humanitarian pauses’ for polio vaccinations in Gaza, WHO says
The World Health Organization announced that Israel and Hamas have given a “preliminary commitment” to conduct “humanitarian pauses” to allow the global body to begin a polio vaccination campaign, starting this Sunday, in Gaza.
Dr....
UN Security Council extends Israel-Lebanon border peacekeeping mission
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the mandate of UNIFIL, its peacekeeping mission along the Israel-Lebanon border, for another year.
The short resolution reaffirms the council’s commitment to Resolution 1701, a...
The Israeli imperative to destroy myths, not just missiles
Israel’s preemptive strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon during the wee hours of Sunday morning temporarily shifted focus away from Hamas in Gaza and from the next round of bogus “ceasefire” negotiations in Cairo...
Israel has a ‘natural and historic’ right to exist, the UN recognized in 1947,.before...
Abba Eban, Israel’s first permanent representative to the UN, once called the UN, “the world center for anti-Semitism.” Attacks against Israel were so strident during his tenure , he said that “If Algeria introduced...
As Erdan leaves UN post, he urges creation of world body with ‘noble values’
Gilad Erdan, the outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, has called out the United Nations for a new display that fails to include Israeli victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks.
In an...
Petition to fire UN special rapporteur surpasses 40,000 signatures
UN Watch published a petition urging for the removal of Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, that so far has received more than 40,000 signatures towards a goal of 51,200.
The latest initiative says...
Beirut files complaint with UN Security Council about Israeli flyovers
The Lebanese government has filed a complaint with the U.N. Security Council after Israeli Air Force fighter jets repeatedly broke the sound barrier over Beirut, the country’s LBC TV channel reported on Monday.
The protest, which was filed by Beirut’s mission in...