Tag: United Nations
HHS secretary Becerra ‘misspoke’ at World Health Assembly when seeming to recognize ‘Palestine’
Xavier Becerra, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, did not mean to reflect a change in American policy when he referred during a speech at the 77th World Health Assembly to “Israel...
Fact-checking the IJC: Omissions and deceptions
Unsurprisingly, the International Court of Justice played along with the cynical attempt by Hamas’s ally South Africa to halt the Israeli military operation launched to destroy the terrorist organization after its horrific Oct. 7...
ICJ rules Israel must ‘immediately’ halt Rafah military offensive
The International Court of Justice, the principal United Nations judicial arm located in the Hague, voted 13 to two on Friday to insist that the Jewish state “immediately halt its military offensive and any...
Don’t downplay the impact of the ICC indictment of Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic and American political opponents are not all cheering the decision of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to call for indictments of both the Israeli leader...
UN flags at half-mast in New York to honor ‘Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi
The day after critics slammed the United Nations for holding a moment of silence for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, the global body lowered flags...
ICC warrants for Israeli officials a ‘sham,’ say members of Congress
Members of Congress reacted on Monday to the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
The Hague-based...
Israeli Cabinet rejects UN Palestinian statehood resolution
The Israeli government on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal to oppose a U.N. resolution promoting recognition of a Palestinian state.
“No reward will be given for the terrible massacre of Oct. 7, which 80% of...
Gaza ‘chief rabbi’ dupes staff of UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch, is calling for an investigation of Francesca Albanese after a staff member for the U.N. special rapporteur for the Palestinian-controlled territories appeared to ask that an honorarium...
‘There is a problem of deep rot at the United Nations’
The United Nations has always been an extremely challenging arena for Israeli representatives. During the six months of Israel’s war with Hamas, with pro-Hamas protesters flooding the streets outside and supporters of the terrorists...
No mention of Israel in UN General Assembly head’s Passover message
One of the central passages in the Passover liturgy is “Next year in Jerusalem.”
That Zionist hope went unsaid during a Passover greeting that Dennis Francis, president of the U.N. General Assembly, issued earlier this week.
Francis, who...