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The U.N. General Assembly. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

Are Jewish and Arab refugees created equal?

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Following revelations that the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA colluded with Hamas in Gaza, 12 countries have withdrawn or paused their funding to the agency at time of writing, with more likely to come....
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan speaking at “Hear Our Voices: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Oct. 7 Hamas Attack,” on Dec. 4, 2023. Photo by Shahar Azran.

UN delegation in Israel for look at security situation

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Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations is leading a delegation of U.N. envoys on a tour of the country for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre. Prior to the outbreak of the war,...
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters at the White House, Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Oliver Contreras/White House.

White House: UNRWA has done ‘a lot of amazing work’ in Gaza

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John Kirby, the U.S. National Security Council spokesman, on Monday lauded the "good work" done by UNRWA amid mounting evidence that more than a thousand of the U.N. agency's employees are members of terrorist...
A Palestinian man outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza City protests cuts to aid on June 20, 2023. Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock.

UNRWA exists to help fight the war to eradicate Israel

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The revelation of ties between the U.N. aid agency and Hamas is a small part of the problem. The real issue is the purpose of the institution, which has always been to perpetuate the conflict.
Israeli soldiers operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip in Dec. 28, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Under US pressure, Israel to allow UN delegation to visit north Gaza

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A United Nations delegation is set to visit the northern Gaza Strip, after Israel's War Cabinet on Thursday approved a U.S. demand to survey the situation there in preparation for the return of residents...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

UNRWA staff took part in Be’eri massacre, kidnapping

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Israeli intelligence material handed to the United States reveals the extent of United Nations Relief and Works Agency staff participation in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. The New York Times on Sunday published details regarding the involvement...
(L-R) Betty Ehrenberg, World JewFrom left are Betty Ehrenberg, World Jewish Congress; William Daroff, CEO, Conference of Presidents; Gadi Meiri, KKL Board of Directors; David Yaari, vice chairman of KKL-JNF; Eric Fingerhut, CEO of JFNA; Nat Shaffir, Holocaust Survivor; Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel's permanent representative to the U.N.; Ifat Ovadia-Lusky, chairwoman KKL-JNF; Deborah Isaac, president of the American Zionist Movement; Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA Federation; and Ronnie Vinikov, head of external affairs at KKL-JNF. Photo by Sarri Singer.ish Congress; William Daroff, CEO, Conference of Presidents; Gadi Meiri, KKL Board of Directors; David Yaari, Vice Chairman of KKL-JNF; Eric Fingerhut, CEO of JFNA; Nat Shafir, Holocaust Survivor; Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to U.N.; Ifat Ovadia-Lusky, Chairwoman KKL-JNF; Deborah Isaac, President of American Zionist Movement; Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA Federation; Ronnie Vinikov, Head of External Affairs at KKL-JNF. Photo by Sarri Singer.

UN hosts photographic exhibit to Shoah survivors

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A collection of photos culled from a worldwide tribute to Holocaust survivors was held at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Wednesday, three days before the annual observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on...
Memorial candle. credit: Manfred Richter/Pixabay.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is different this year

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As the author of two post-Holocaust novels and a former high school history teacher, my guiding assumption before the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel was that the Holocaust was a unique event in...
Laptop displaying the logo of UN Women, a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women. Credit: Monticello/Shutterstock.

UN claims antisemitic posts are due to employee account being hacked

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In what reads like the plot of a thriller no one would write, the United Nations claims that an unknown party hacked an employee’s social-media account, posted Jew-hatred (including comparing Israelis to Nazis) and...
Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, speaks at the National Press Club of Australia on Nov. 13, 2023. Source: YouTube/ABC News (Australia).

Not an international crime to kill soldiers, UN’s Francesca Albanese says of Oct. 7

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Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, has courted controversy among Israel supporters for her one-sided faulting of Israel for its conflict with the Palestinians and comments she has made which...