UN Security Council

Putin prepared to meet Zelensky but legitimacy an issue, Russian FM says

Putin has repeatedly raised doubts about Zelensky's legitimacy as his term in office was due to expire in May 2024, but the war means no new presidential election has yet been held.

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(L-R): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia's Vladimir Putin seen near the US embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine (illustrative)
The UNIFIL United Nations peacekeepers' vehicles drive on a road amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in the town of Qlayaa, southern Lebanon October 18, 2024.

UN Security Council starts talks on fate of peacekeeping force in Lebanon

When asked for comment on whether the US wanted to wind down UNIFIL, a State Department spokesperson said: “We don't comment on ongoing UN Security Council negotiations."

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IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi speaks on the phone during a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in Istanbul on Saturday. If Iran’s leadership believes it can’t prevail against Israel and the US, it will likely decide to negotiate, says the writer.

Iran’s countdown to erase Israel backfires - opinion

Iran's leaders may regret the clock erected in Tehran; the longer it continues to mark down the days until Israel’s putative disappearance, the more of a humiliation it becomes.

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Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following Israel’s attack on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2025.

Iran claims strikes on Israel are self-defense to UN Security Council

Iran's UN ambassador wrote in a letter that any cooperation by third countries with Israel's strikes on Iran "makes them complicit in the legal responsibility and consequences of this crisis."

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West plans to push IAEA board to find Iran in breach of duties, diplomats say

The last time the board took the step of formally declaring Iran in breach of its safeguards obligations was in September 2005.

MAY 30, 2025ByREUTERS
An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

UN's Guterres pledges new role for hostage situations, says Gaza needs 'flood' of aid

The Hostage Families Forum met with Guterres on Thursday to discuss the issue of returning hostages held captive by terrorists in Gaza.

MAY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2025.

Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says

Assad Al-Nassasrah, a Red Crescent paramedic, survived shootings that killed 15 emergency and aid workers on March 23 in southern Gaza in an incident that drew international condemnation.

MAY 22, 2025ByREUTERS
Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025

UN Security Council to discuss returning hostage bodies to Israel for the first time

This marks the first such discussion since the October 7 terror massacre. This demand will be at the center of an official Security Council debate.

MAY 15, 2025ByANNA BARSKY
Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

'Aid will no longer reach Hamas,' Danny Danon says during UNSC debate

“Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped and tortured our citizens," Danon said.

MAY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

The RFK Jr. I know: An American patriot, and a dear friend of Israel - opinion

In March 2025, RFK referred to student protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza as 'antisemitism' and the product of 'woke cancel culture.'

MAY 8, 2025ByJOSEPH SCUTTS
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

US deems Albanese unfit to serve as UN Special Rapporteur due to 'virulent antisemitism'

"Her reappointment would show the UN tolerates antisemitic hatred and support for terrorism," the letter concluded.

APRIL 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 26, 2024.

Israel's new Gaza offensive: What's different this time - analysis

Is the change in the White House the primary difference?

MARCH 18, 2025ByHERB KEINON
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visits Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. March 18, 2025.

'I know what it's like to be left behind,' Noa Argamani tells UN Security Council

Argamani attended the UN Security Council meeting at the invite of Israel's UN permanent representative Danny Danon.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Freed hostage Noa Argamani speaks at President Isaac Herzog's residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024

'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.

JANUARY 24, 2025ByBEN EDIDIN
Israel's ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City. November 25, 2024.

US envoy arrives in Israel to try sealing Hezbollah ceasefire

The diplomacy aims to end a conflict that has inflicted massive devastation in Lebanon since Israel went on the offensive against Hezbollah in September.

NOVEMBER 20, 2024ByREUTERS, HANNAH SARISOHN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon November 19, 2024.