Tag: United Nations
Amid criticism, Netanyahu freezes UN deal to resettle African asylum-seekers in Western countries
In a dramatic turnaround, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen a plan reached with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the deportation of African migrants just hours after it was announced.
“In...
Israel attains ‘unprecedented’ deal to resettle African asylum-seekers in Western countries
The Israeli government has announced an unprecedented deal with the United Nations to allow for the resettlement of African asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants in Western countries, while giving permanent residency to others.
As part of...
Palestinian Authority applies for entry into eight international treaties at UN
The Palestinian Authority has filed official requests this past week to join eight international treaties, including the U.N.’s International Convention against Apartheid in Sports and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty according to a report in...
A one-on-one with Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon
Despite the role of the United Nations in helping establish the State of Israel in 1947, the world body has long been a forum used by other nations to single out and condemn the...
Netanyahu thanks U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for being a ‘tsunami of fresh air’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday, where he met U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and toured an exhibit about the Jewish people’s connection...
With U.N. exhibit, Israel sends message that ‘3,000 years of history cannot be denied’
As part of his five-day visit to the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stop at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on Thursday to check out a special...
UN urges Israel to scrap African migrant relocation plan
Geneva - The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to scrap a new programme forcing thousands of African migrants out of the country, condemning it as incoherent and unsafe.
The programme is targeting an...
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HALEY: Anti-Settlement UN Resolution ‘Stain on America’s Conscience’
The US rejects the United Nations' double standard which says Washington is not impartial when it decides where to place its own embassy, but the UN is a neutral party even though it consistently...
Watch: The poison of antisemitism coursing through the United Nations
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Guterres’ Israel visit – an opportunity to reset relationship with the UN
From August 27-29, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres makes his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Guterres’ trip to the region will hopefully serve as an opportunity to improve the UN’s dysfunctional relationship...