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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

UN fails to black list Hamas for rape, Israel condemns decision while US is silent

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility in the Zardanjan area of Isfahan, Iran, April 19, 2024, in this screengrab taken from video.

Israel-Hamas War Day 196: Israel strikes Iranian air base

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of the UN Security Council vote on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip, December 22, 2023.

US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

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

UN committee unable to agree on Palestinian bid for full membership

By REUTERS

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.

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

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a joint news conference with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain April 26, 2023.

Spain to lobby EU on Palestinian statehood, as UN weighs membership

By REUTERS , TOVAH LAZAROFF

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

Russia says Israeli attack on Iranian consulate is 'act of aggression', requests UNSC meeting

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By REUTERS

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron embraces President Isaac Herzog, during his visit to Jerusalem in October, following the Hamas massacres.

France to work on new UN Gaza ceasefire resolution after Russian and Chinese veto, Macron says

By REUTERS

Atrocities that the connection between them and "freedom fighters" simply does not exist. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, at an emergency meeting of the UN last October

If October 7 rape victims want justice, the UN is the wrong place to look

By HILA KNISTER BAR DAVID

Foreign Minister Israel Katz delivers a speech at the UN Security Council debate on sexual violence committed on October 7 by Hamas, March 11, 2024.

'End your silence, declare Hamas a terror organization,' FM Israel Katz urges UNSC

By HANNAH SARISOHN , TOVAH LAZAROFF

srael's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas on November 10, 2023

Israel Katz to join UNSC debate on Hamas’s Oct. 7 sexual violence on Monday

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Oil, miniatures of oil barrels, oil pump jack and U.S. dollar banknote are seen in this illustration taken, June 6, 2023.

Oil prices increase as investors raise red flag over Houthi attacks in Red Sea

By REUTERS

US AMBASSADOR to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at the Security Council on Friday. She said that she couldn't understand those refusing to condemn the atrocities committed by Hamas.

US casts third veto of UN action since start of Israel-Hamas war

By HANNAH SARISOHN , REUTERS

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip during a UN Security Council meeting December 22, 2023.

US set to veto UN Security Council call for Gaza ceasefire

By REUTERS

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.

UN postpones vote on demand for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

By REUTERS

A MEETING of the UN Security Council earlier this year.

UNSC calls for extended pause to Gaza war in first vote on conflict

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

JACK LEW testifies last month before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to become the next US ambassador to Israel.

Is Ambassador Jack Lew really a friend of Israel? -opinion

By RON RUBIN