A major United Nations committee passed an Israeli-sponsored resolution on Friday by 123-30 that promoted entrepreneurship as a means to boost national development. The resolution passed despite opposition from Arab countries, who represented most of the states that voted against it. It calls on nations to recognize “the importance of improved regulatory environments and...

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The Israeli military’s emergency medical unit won an unprecedented top grade from the United Nations’ public health agency for the humanitarian relief it provides in disaster zones around the world, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week granted the Israel Defense Forces’ field hospital the coveted...

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United Nations committees adopted ten anti-Israel resolutions in one day on Tuesday—more than twice as many as they passed about the rest of the world combined this week. Two of the resolutions denied Israeli ties to the Temple Mount, echoing two resolutions adopted by UNESCO, the UN’s cultural organization, in October....

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed his concerned Monday about “the weakening taboo” against chemical weapons attacks, after numerous reports that more such attacks have taken place in Syria in recent weeks. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Ban expressed fears that the use of chemical weapons could become “normalized in this...

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Lebanon’s newest president, a retired general who is firmly allied with the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, threatened Israel in his inaugural address in Beirut on Monday, The Times of Israel reported. Michel Aoun secured 83 votes in parliament, comfortably exceeding the majority required to win the presidency in the 128-seat chamber....

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The fictional superhero Wonder Woman was named an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. Two actors who played her, Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter, spoke at the world body’s headquarters on October 21 at an event that also celebrated the 75th anniversary of the crime-fighting demigoddess. “Wonder Woman seeks to...

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D – Calif.), an Air Force veteran and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, harshly criticized the vote by UNESCO, the UN’s cultural organization, to approve a resolution that did not acknowledge Jewish and Christian connections to Jewish holy places in Jerusalem. Lieu released a statement on...

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Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday became the latest world leader to criticize last week’s vote by UNESCO, the world body’s cultural organization, in favor of a resolution that denied Jewish and Christian historical ties to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The resolution only uses Muslim names for Jerusalem’s holy sites, and accused...

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“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.” That observation can be found at the beginning of the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). What was true when UNESCO was...

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon blasted Iran for its “alarming rate” of executions and the lack of improvement made under the administration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a report released this week. Ban is “deeply troubled” by accounts “of executions, floggings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, unfair trials, denial of access to medical care...

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