Ahead of the United Nations Security Council open meeting on Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the council “to condemn Hezbollah’s wanton acts of aggression,” in a speech he delivered Wednesday. Prior to Netanyahu’s speech, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus explained how the army detected the fourth...
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A Canadian-backed resolution condemning Iran for “severe” human rights violations passed the United Nations General Assembly by a wide margin, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The resolution passed by a margin of 84 to 30, with 67 abstentions. https://twitter.com/CanadaFP/status/1075033990288023552 Iran was “strongly” urged by the resolution to end its...
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The United Nations Security Council will discuss the cross-border terror tunnels that Hezbollah has built from Lebanon to Israel in an open meeting, scheduled for Wednesday next week, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. While the Security Council has been discussing the tunnels since Thursday, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny...
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A resolution introduced by outgoing United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemning Hamas garnered an unprecedented level of support — it was supported by 87 countries — in the General Assembly, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. However, due to a last-minute maneuver, the threshold for passage was...
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The United Nations is set to pass its first resolution condemning Hamas for its terrorism Thursday afternoon, The Times of Israel reported. RT @USUN: This afternoon, the UN will vote on a US resolution that asks a simple question: do countries support Hamas' terrorism, or don't they? The UN has...
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The United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday approved six anti-Israel resolutions, including two that reject Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. One resolution on Jerusalem, which passed 148 to 11 with 14 abstentions, refers to the Temple Mount only by...
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The United States is urging European nations to support a United Nations resolution that condemns Hamas, the terrorist group that has complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told reporters that U.S. diplomats were working on language...
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that the U.S. will vote against an annual UN resolution, co-sponsored by Syria, condemning Israel for its continued presence on the Golan Heights, in a statement issued Thursday. In the past, the U.S. has abstained on the resolution, which will...
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Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced Tuesday that she would be leaving her post as United States Ambassador to the United Nations at the end of the year, made her mark by vigorously defending Israel in the often-hostile world body. But Haley didn’t just defend the Jewish state, she also pointed...
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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who urged the UN to reform and its members to stop singling out Israel, announced that she would be leaving her post at the end of the year, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Though she described her time representing...
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