Tag: United Nations
A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to witness the Palestinian Mission as it takes over leadership of the G77 bloc. While there, he will likely push the Palestinian agenda and...
Palestinians to lead UN’s largest bloc of nations
The Palestinians are set to lead the largest bloc of members in the United Nations, known as the Group of 77 (G77) and China, on Tuesday.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to be in...
Abbas: ‘I may not have the strength to fight, but I won’t die a...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has warned that the freeze in peace talks and ongoing construction in the settlements will lead to the end of Ramallah’s security and economic cooperation with Israel.
At a press...
Israel announces that it is officially leaving UNESCO
Israel will officially no longer be a member of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, on Tuesday.
“Israel will not be part of a body that continually rewrites history, including by erasing the Jewish...
Despite resignation reports, Danon staying on as Israel’s ambassador to UN
Despite reports of his quitting, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Saturday that he is staying at Turtle Bay and will not run for Knesset in the April 2019 elections.
“Under the leadership...
Israeli Ambassador to UN Danon expected to run for Likud Party primaries
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, popular Likud politician Danny Danon, is expected to resign from his post in order to run for the Likud Party primaries.
Danon’s office denied in a statement media reports...
B’nai B’rith presents Haley with diplomacy award
B’nai B’rith presented outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with its Award for Excellence in Diplomacy.
The award was given to her at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New...
PA asking the world to donate $350 million, equal to terror payments budget
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the Palestinian Authority issued a joint statement in which they launched a $350 million appeal to “address critical humanitarian needs of Palestinians.”...
Haley: Trump wanted to cut funding to those that voted down UN Hamas resolution
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in a Dec. 6 speech that U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to cut funding to countries that voted against a United Nations that condemned Hamas...
UN fails to pass first-ever resolution censuring Hamas
The United Nations rejected a resolution on Thursday that required a two-thirds majority to pass condemning the terrorist group Hamas for launching rockets from Gaza into Israel in addition to its infrastructure such as...