Danny Danon

Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties’

Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged on Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive, according to an affidavit filed in US District Court in Mississippi.

TEXT MESSAGES between the arson suspect Stephen Spencer Pittman and his father during the attack on Jan. 10, 2025.
US ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz (L) and Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon (R) before a UN Security Council meeting to consider a US proposal for a UN mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza at the UN headquarters, New York, November 17, 2025.

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland

 Members of the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border, as they stand on the roof of a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023.

UN spends approximately $100 million in funding to target Israel yearly, new report shows

On of the assailants grabs a Jewish man on a train.

Video shows Jewish man assaulted on NYC train, Danny Danon labels it 'deeply disturbing hate crime'


Danny Danon to UN: Hamas can either negotiate or watch its leadership fall

Israel's Envoy to the UN Danny Danon stressed that comparisons between Palestinian security prisoners and hostages held by Hamas were fundamentally inaccurate and offensive.

 Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 18, 2024.

Danny Danon: There are 59 Eli Sharabis underground, will you look away?

"You have erased the hostages, spoken about Gaza without mentioning a word about Hamas," he added. 

 Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting concerning the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the United Nations headquarters on March 20, 2025 in New York City.

Israel mourns Bibas family, Oded Lifshitz at UN

"As we stand here today, a hole has been torn in the heart of the Jewish people, a wound that will never heal, a hole that will never be forgotten," said Danny Danon.

 CANDLES ARE lit in memory of Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas, and her children, Ariel and Kfir, in Kiryat Gat, this past Saturday night. Shiva is not only an acknowledgment of loss; it is also a structured path back to life, says the writer.

'Depraved monsters': World reacts to Hamas withholding Shiri Bibas, details of Ariel, Kfir's deaths

As the news of the Bibas kids being identified by forensics and Shiri Bibas not having been one of the remains sent back to Israel, many people expressed their condolences and anger online.

 People gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv amid the release of the four slain hostages, Shir, Ariel and Kfir Bibas in addition to Oded Lifshitz.

Danon calls on UN's Guterres to condemn Hamas's 'cruel, inhumane' hostage treatment

Danon addressed the physical condition of the returned hostages, calling it "clear evidence of war crimes" by Hamas.

 Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 18, 2024.

Danon to ‘Post’: Era of change at UN on Israel possible now under Trump

Danon said that, based on his past experience during Trump’s first term when he was the Israeli ambassador to the UN, a change in attitude is possible.

Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon addresses the UN General Assembly in New York. September 22, 2024.

UNRWA has failed in its mandate, will cease operations in Israel by Thursday, Danon tells 'Post'

The org's chief tells the UN it has been the target of a "fierce disinformation campaign" to "portray the agency as a terrorist organization."

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025

'Our children deserve more': Ambassador Danon slams UNSC silence over Bibas children

"Colleagues, perhaps you have forgotten about little Kfir Bibas, but I promise you, we haven't," Israel's envoy to the UN said.

 Israel's ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City. November 25, 2024.

UNRWA debate to resurface as Israel, UN gridlocked over replacement organization

UN Security Council to debate UNRWA's future after Israel banned cooperation, as Ambassador Danon calls for alternative aid organizations in Gaza.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question, in November.

Danon to ‘Post’: Guterres’s attitude towards Israel ‘unacceptable’ - interview

Danon told the 'Post that Guterres equates Israel with Hamas, which 'creates a moral equation that puts the victim and the aggressor on the same side'

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres.