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On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

|ByJAMES GENN
Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.
The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.

UN inquiry on Israeli violence hampered by funding shortfall, document shows

A backlog of UN mandatory fees, including from the top donor, the United States, which owes around $1.5 billion, has worsened a long-running UN liquidity crisis.

|ByREUTERS
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the United Nations Chaim Herzog addresses the General Assembly on November 10, 1975. ‘Zionism is... the Jewish people’s sense of origin and destination in the land, linked eternally with its name,’ he said.

50th anniversary of the Zionism-is-racism resolution - opinion

America, Israel, and the Jewish people should use this as an educational and ideological opportunity. 

|ByGIL TROY
UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles ride along a street in Marjaayoun, Southern Lebanon January 20, 2025.

UN peacekeepers attacked by civilians in Lebanon, no casualties reported

The peacekeepers used non-lethal force to protect themselves and those present, according to UNIFIL.

|ByREUTERS

Nikki Haley: UNESCO vote on Hebron tragic, an affront to history

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley bashes UNESCO for declaring the Old City of Hebron and the Tomb of the Patriarchs to be part of Palestinian territory, warns that "it causes much harm."

JULY 8, 2017ByJOY BERNARD
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, April 4, 2017.

Danon guides counterparts in Jerusalem 'to defeat lies spread at the UN'

Israel's envoy to the UN Danny Danon took counterparts on a tour of the capital to help them "understand the challenges facing Israel in today's tumultuous Middle East."

JULY 3, 2017ByDANIELLE ZIRI
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon guides counterparts through a tour of Jerusalem.

UN envoy: Israel is defying UNSC by accelerating settler construction

UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned that Israel was not abiding by UN resolutions as Netanyahu boasts of the construction of a new settlement for Amona evacuees.

JUNE 21, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Heavy machinery work on a field as they begin construction work of Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the West Bank June 20, 2017.

WATCH: UNHRC holds special session on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Debate on Agenda Item 7, held for the first time since Trump and Haley took office.

JUNE 19, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
THE OPENING of the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Haley threatens US pullout from UNHRC over int'l court suit on Israel

The US will not stand quietly by should the United Nations Human Rights Council turn to the International Court of Justice against Israel, promises US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.

JUNE 14, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US AMBASSADOR to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks following a vote at the Security Council

Need a scapegoat? Just blame ‘the UN’

There is no “UN” campaign against Israel. It’s a campaign of member states.

JUNE 11, 2017BySHAI FRANKLIN
The United Nations GA filled with Israeli flags during anti-BDS summit

Israel and New Zealand likely to renew ties

New Zealand is reaching to Israel, which seems to be tentatively willing to forget the former's unexpected endorsement of the UN resolution that called on Israel to halt its settlement construction.

JUNE 5, 2017ByHERB KEINON
The current New Zealand flag flies on Parliament buildings in Wellington's Central Cusiness District on March 24, 2016.

Can Israel help solve Africa’s problems?

Netanyahu, however, made it clear that Israel would want something back in return.

JUNE 4, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to African leaders in Liberia on June 4, 2017

B’Tselem calls on Europe to work toward ending ‘occupation'

El-Ad is calling on European diplomats and NGOs to pressure Europe to implement United Nations Security Resolution 2334, condemning settlement-building.

JUNE 4, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Members vote on a resolution at the UN Security Council in New York

Nikki Haley: UN must stop wrongly singling out Israel for criticism

The US Ambassador to the UN slams the world body for its unfair treatment of Israel, speaks in defense of the Jewish state once more.

JUNE 3, 2017ByJOY BERNARD
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, April 4, 2017.