First-Ever UN Legal Advisers’ Delegation Tours Israel to Witness Challenges and Vibrant Civil Society

Ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar: "I am convinced that the diplomats who joined this tour will see Israel from a whole different perspective in the future.”

US to Rejoin UNESCO

Under Donald Trump, Washington quit the agency over its anti-Israel bias, under Biden it returned.

Amid Stark Disagreement, UN Postpones Antisemitism Meeting

Some of the proposed plans allow for the anti-Israel aspects of antisemitism.

Flawed UN Report May Lead to a Blacklisting of Israel

The UN report is based on reports from anti-Israel NGOs, some designated as terror organizations.

Grossi Denies IAEA Compromising Standards on Iran Probe

Israel: "The explanations provided by Iran for the presence of nuclear material at the site are not reliable or technically possible. Iran continues to lie."

IAEA Chief: Iran Keeping a ‘Fraction’ of its Commitments

Grossi expressed disappointment that more progress had not been made in implementing March’s Joint Statement regarding the Non-Proliferation Treaty Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.

Israel Criticizes Closure of IAEA Nuclear Probe of Iran

The MFA said, "The explanations provided by Iran for the presence of nuclear material at the site are not reliable or technically possible."

IAEA Closes Two Probes into Iran Nuclear Program

The U.N. watchdog no longer has questions about highly-enriched uranium particles at Fordow or man-made uranium at Marivan.

US State Dept. Says Iran ‘Must Cooperate’ with IAEA

"We are prepared to conclude a deal on the basis of the understandings we negotiated with our European Allies, but we can only conclude . . . and implement it if Iran drops its additional demands that are extraneous to the JCPOA."

Antisemitism Envoy Lipstadt Condemns Abbas for Comparing Israel to the Nazis

Abbas's doctoral thesis was titled: "The Connections between Nazism and Zionism between the years 1933 – 1945."

More than 45 Countries Boycott UN ‘Nakba’ Day

“Palestinian ‘Nakba’ Day pushes an odious narrative that promotes more conflict, not peace,” according to B’nai B’rith International.

Israel Fights ‘Nakba’ Lies at the United Nations

"The thought that an international organization could mark the establishment of one of its member states as a catastrophe or disaster is both appalling and repulsive."

UN Security Council to Meet in Emergency Session on Gaza Escalation

The members of the Security Council will be briefed on the situation by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland.

Protesting UN Debate on Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Ambassador Reads Names of Fallen Israelis

Israel's Ambassador Gilad Erdan specifically chastised Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

US, UN Officials Use ‘Puzzling’ Language Equating Tensions with Ramadan, Passover and Easter

“With this statement, the State Department has effectively given Palestinian groups a green light to attack Israel,” Jonathan Schanzer, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.

Saudi Arabia Blocks Israeli Delegation from Attending UN Awards Ceremony

Circassians from Kfar Kama were denied entry visas into the Gulf kingdom to attend an event honoring their lower Galilee village.

Israeli, Lebanese Soldiers in Physical Confrontation at Border

The altercation took place when the Lebanese soldier pulled out of the ground an iron stake placed there by the Israeli military officer.

Netanyahu Slams IAEA Chief’s Statement that Attacking Iran’s Nukes Is Illegal

"2,500 years ago, an enemy arose in Persia who sought to destroy the Jews."

IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi Heads to Iran Over Nuclear Progress

US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl warned Iran has the capability to produce enough fissile material for at least one nuclear bomb in 12 days.

I joined Azerbaijani Protestors in Vienna Against UN Incompetence

The crowd protested for four hours, despite the bitter cold and the snow.

US Joins UN Security Council in Denouncing Israel

PM's Office: “The statement should never have been made and the United States should never have joined it.”

Update: US Pressured Bibi into Partial Settlement Freeze

Amid U.S. pressure, Jerusalem reportedly will freeze for several months the legalization of additional young settlements in Judea and Samaria.

Draft UN Resolution Demands End to Israeli Settlements

U.S. State Department describes UAE-backed resolution as ‘unhelpful’ ahead of crucial Ukraine vote.

Defense Minister Gallant: Iran in Talks to Sell Advanced Weapons to 50+ Countries

Gallant calls on world powers to prevent the proliferation of weapons once the U.N. arms embargo on the Islamic Republic expires in October.

Israel’s UN Ambassador Demands Security Council Condemn Deadly Jerusalem Terror Attacks

“The leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, blatantly refuses to condemn the barbaric Palestinian terror attacks against Israeli civilians."

UN Secretary-General: The World Is ‘Sleepwalking into a Wider War’

Guterres said that about two billion human beings are being regularly impacted by violence outside Ukraine’s war zone.

Bipartisan Congress Members Urge the UN to Sack Antisemite Francesca Albanese

Albanese has asserted that the “Jewish lobby” controlled the U.S. and has likened Israelis to Nazis.

‘Book of Names of Holocaust Victims’ Opens at United Nations Marks International Holocaust Remembrance...

"We must remember these individuals not as faceless and nameless victims, as the Nazis viewed them, but as individuals with unique life stories."

Palestinian Authority Workers Strike over UNRWA Funding Squeeze

The agency issued an appeal on Tuesday for donations to close its $1.6 billion funding shortfall.

Erdan Blasts Inaccurate UN Reporting on Israeli Casualties in PA Terror Attacks

"The UN number for injured Israelis is 253, whereas the true number is 418. The discrepancy between the reports and the facts are in the hundreds."

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