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PROTESTERS ACCUSE the US of funding genocide in Gaza, as they descend on a hotel where US President Joe Biden was staying in San Francisco last month.

Not every war crime is a case of genocide

By EFRAIM ZUROFF

PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD, says the writer.

Palestinians want April vote for full United Nations membership

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

The Palestinian initiative to suspend Israel from the UN

By MAARIV ONLINE

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2023

Russia deepening ties with global axis of evil, Israel charges at UN

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

HILLEL NEUER’S work has become even more critical since the Hamas attacks of October 7 and the mounting evidence of the complicity of UN bodies and their employees – the most culpable body being UNRWA.

Hillel Neuer's mission to uncover controversies plaguing the United Nations

By ALEX WINSTON

Then-Israel Ambassador to the UN Abba Eban speaks at the General Assembly in New York in the early 1970s.

Where is our Abba Eban?

By Romy Leibler/The Media Line

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan attends a session during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024

The UN must be reconstructed from the ground up

By JUDAH WAXELBAUM

The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.

United Nations should be put on trial - opinion

By WARREN GOLDSTEIN

People visit the United Nations Headquarters as delegates of the Security Council delayed for one extra day the vote on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip, December 20, 2023

UN Security Council aims to vote Friday to boost aid to Gaza

By REUTERS

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan held up a sign depicting Yahya Sinwar's office phone number at the UN.

‘Call Sinwar for ceasefire’: Israeli envoy shows Hamas chief's number at UN

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A screen shows the voting results during the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on ceasefire resolution in Gaza, in New York City, US, December 12, 2023

UN General Assembly calls for Gaza ceasefire in 153-10 vote

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

UN to host panel asking if Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

A general view during a vote at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 16, 2023

Iran's appointment to chair UN rights meeting draws condemnation

By REUTERS

Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York, US, October 25, 2023.

Israel has no right to defend itself, says Russia at UN

The results of a vote to adopt a draft resolution are shown on a display during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, October 27, 2023

Czech DM calls to exit UN for supporting Hamas, warns Holocaust is back

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Albania's Foreign Minister Igli Hasani attend a meeting of the Security Council, October 24, 2023

The context to Hamas's terrorist exploits - opinion

By DANIEL FRIEDMANN

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan shows a video on a portable device as he speaks to an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023.

Erdan shows UNGA video of Hamas decapitation at ceasefire debate

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran, September 3, 2023.

US won’t be spared if Gaza bombing continues, Iranian FM warns

By TOVAH LAZAROFF