Gilad Erdan

The Israeli Right needs a merger, not another messiah - opinion

Israel’s Right does not lack voters. It does not lack ideas. It does not even lack leaders. What it lacks is the humility to put them on one ballot.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as Deputy Foreign Minister at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026.
Gilad Erdan announces new political party with Yuli Edelstein on August 6, 2026.

'Real Right, real enlistment': Former UN amb. Gilad Erdan announces name of new 'Unity Party'

Beit Shemesh mayor and Mayoral candidate Aliza Bloch seen during the second round of Municipal Elections, in Beit Shemesh, March 10, 2024.

Israeli elections: Ex-mayor of Beit Shemesh Aliza Bloch joins Erdan, Edelstein's right-wing party

Former UN ambassador Gilad Erdan at a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing the establishment of a new right-wing party under his and MK Yuli Edelstein's leadership ahead of the upcoming general elections, August 6, 2026.

Israeli gov't abandoned PR war, needs ‘army of hasbara’ led by ‘chief of staff’ - interview


US, Israel call on UNSC to condemn Iran’s attack, but no action taken

“The Security Council must unequivocally condemn Iran’s aggressive actions and call for Iran and its partners and proxies to cease their attacks,” US Ambassador Robert Wood told the 15-member body.

 Gilad Erdan, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss recent developments at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US, January 5, 2023.

UNSC to vote on Gaza war resolution after Russia, China veto US text

Erdan called the Council's decision to not condemn Hamas "a stain" that will never be forgotten. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a UN Security Council meeting about his invoking Article 99 of the UN charter to address the humanitarian crisis in the midst of conflict between Israel and Hamas at the UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., December 8, 2023.

'Hold Hamas accountable,' Israel's UN envoy Erdan tells Security Council

Erdan also claimed that there is no country that seeks to avoid an operation in Rafah more than Israel. 

 Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addresses the United Nations Security Council as the Council meets to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., February 20, 2023.

The Palestinian initiative to suspend Israel from the UN - report

It was also reported that the suspension of membership is a complicated move that requires a vote by all members of the UN Security Council, along with a two-thirds majority of the assembly. 

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly

Amb. Erdan 'on the plane back to Israel for consultations,' FM Katz says

Katz cites the refusal of the UN Security Council to discuss the reports of Hamas's sexual abuse * Liberman galls Guterres a "hypocritical and antisemitic man."

 Israel Katz

Grapevine February 2, 2024: On a more serious note

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 UNITED NATIONS Ambassador Gilad Erdan shows a picture of weapons found in Gaza by Israeli troops, at a United Nations Security Council meeting last month.

'Hamas tore off my clothes, threatened to shoot': Gaza hostage tells her story

Mia Regev said Hamas abused her by hitting her injured leg, laughed, and mocked her.

 Released hostages Mia and Itai Regev with their father Itai (bottom) with a delegation of UN officials in Israel, including Gilad Erdan, after the Regev siblings spoke of their captivity in Gaza.

'We are still here': UN marks Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

Survivors of the Holocaust and October 7 testified before UN ambassadors, accompanied by a photography exhibit depicting how Holocaust survivors have rebuilt their lives.

 "We Are Still Here" photography exhibition attendees.

Erdan to UN: The Middle East is fighting a cancer

Erdan called out hypocrisy from his colleagues at the United Nations and noted that Hamas is continuing to plan attacks.

 Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan holds the picture of a child kidnapped in the October 7 attack by Hamas, on a birthday cake during a plenary meeting on the 'Use of the veto - Item 63: Special report of the Security Council', in the General Assembly Hall at UN headquarter

Erdan to ICRC rep: Red Cross 'covers up' Hamas's heinous crimes

The ambassador emphasized that it is clear that if Hamas regains its capabilities, it will attempt to carry out another massacre against Israeli civilians.

 Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan meets with the Permanent Observer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the UN Laetitia Courtois, January 10, 2024