Israeli UN envoy: ‘How morally bankrupt has this body become?’

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped into the U.N. General Assembly during a Tuesday morning meeting while holding up a cake with the face of Kfir Bibas, who will turn one year old in the coming days. Read more

Israel’s UN envoy links Iran to Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Imploring the United Nations Security Council to address the “radioactive Shi’ite elephant in the room,” Israel’s U.N. ambassador on Wednesday linked Iran to the conflicts throughout the region. Read more

Israeli hi-tech may hold key to draining Hamas’s finances

An investigative report published earlier this month purports to show that senior Israeli and American officials had in hand financial intelligence showing the flow of tens of millions of dollars to Hamas and failed to act on it. Read more

Oct 7: Not an international crime to kill soldiers, says UN’s Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, has courted controversy among Israel supporters for her one-sided faulting of Israel for its conflict with the Palestinians and comments she has made which have been widely interpreted as antisemitic. Read more

UN head chides Jewish state, notes ‘legitimate’ Palestinian grievances

In January, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, said during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event that the international body was “founded upon the ashes of the Holocaust. It was established to ensure such darkness would never be felt by humanity again,” but “when it comes to fighting antisemitism, sadly, the U.N. ignores its purpose.” Read more

Washington’s UN envoy blasts Abbas, Jewish violence in Security Council meeting

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, had harsh words for both Israelis and Palestinians at the U.N. Security Council’s monthly meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian file on Wednesday. Read more

Israeli actors make ‘Golda’ film more grounded, authentic, says director Guy Nattiv

Tel Aviv-born film director Guy Nattiv came to global prominence in 2019 when he won the Academy Award for best live-action short film for “Skin,” about neo-Nazis, violence, skinheads and their tattoos. Read more

At UN Security Council meeting, DC, Moscow and Paris take aim at Israel

Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations repeated claims that yet-untried Israeli suspects involved in a deadly incident earlier this month were terrorists. Read more

UN postpones antisemitism meeting amid stark disagreement

The United Nations was supposed to convene a meeting with Jewish leaders and global antisemitism envoys next week in Cordoba, Spain to unveil its plan to combat antisemitism. It has postponed that meeting, amid stark disagreement over the contents of the draft plan. Read more

UNRWA to cut services after fundraising falls short

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency raised just $107 million during a pledge conference on Friday, well below the $300 million mark it says it needs to continue its operations in Judea and Samaria and neighbouring countries. Read more

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra hires assistant of former Putin confidante

A former personal assistant of a confidante of Russian President Vladimir Putin is the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s new head of artistic operations. Read more

Yad Vashem-sponsored symphony celebrates Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust

Samurai warriors live by the moral code bushido, or “way of the warrior.” Read more

One year into the war, the displacement, physically and emotionally, of Ukrainian Jews

The term “displaced persons” doesn’t always adequately capture how much of a geographical impact wars have. Read more

Gene Simmons of Kiss fame to unveil mural of Polish Catholic Holocaust hero

Artists 4 Israel is expanding its series of murals honouring Righteous Among the Nations. It’s doing so with a “kiss” this time. Read more

Yad Vashem unveils ‘The Book of Names’ at the United Nations

It’s a book filled with the names of 4.8 million murder victims. The blank pages at the end, though, are especially haunting. Read more

Israeli and PA envoys hurl accusations at Security Council

The Israeli and Palestinian Authority ambassadors to the United Nations slung barbs at each other in a fiery debate on Wednesday at the U.N. Security Council. Read more

Israel’s UN envoy mocks meeting over Ben-Gvir’s ‘uneventful’ Temple Mount visit

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said he was “overjoyed” when he heard that the U.N. Security Council was holding an emergency meeting Thursday over the “quiet, orderly, uneventful” visit of an Israeli government minister to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Read more

A conversation with Ron Dermer provides a blueprint for Israel’s strategy

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer was sworn in Thursday as strategic affairs minister. Read more

Concert featuring Holocaust songs to perform at Carnegie Hall

The day Elie Wiesel died, composer and music producer, Ira Antelis, said something came over him. Read more

The White House met with Jewish leaders to discuss antisemitism. Now what?

Wednesday’s high-profile White House roundtable on antisemitism garnered plenty of headlines. Now, according to those present, the real work starts. Read more

UN Middle East envoy says the region reaching a ‘boiling point’ 

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “reaching a boiling point,” given a surge in violence in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, the United Nations point man in Jerusalem warned on Monday. Read more

Jewish social media influencer makes a Holocaust documentary for a new generation

At a moment of sharply rising anti-Semitism, a Jewish social media star known for her dance videos is getting deadly serious. Read more

Australia is one of UN states coming to Israel’s defence in face of latest Commission of Inquiry report

A number of United Nations member states came to Israel’s defence on Thursday as a controversial U.N. Commission of Inquiry presented its second report to the body. Read more

UN Security Council hails Lapid’s ‘two-state’ commitment, questions Israeli counterterrorism ops

As the United Nations Security Council met on Wednesday, a recurrent theme emerged. Council members lauded Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s support for a two-state solution while simultaneously expressing concern over growing instability in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Read more

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to America to play Carnegie Hall

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is preparing for a tour of the United States under the leadership of its history-making conductor, Israeli-born Lahav Shani. Read more

Report: UN refugee agency accepted $50 million from US-designated terrorist group

The U.N. agency responsible for assisting refugees globally has accepted $50 million in donations from a U.S.-designated terror organization, according to a report from a pro-Israel advocacy group. Read more

Just outside Warsaw Ghetto, Ukrainian refugee children strive for a sense of normalcy

It was the summer of 2006, during the Second Lebanon War. Ilana Baird, a refugee from the Soviet Union, fled Haifa with her family and relocated to Jerusalem, where she was finishing her rabbinical studies. Read more

Israel’s UN ambassador urges Security Council to put its microscope away

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations had a blunt message for the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Read more

UN Committee Against Torture to review Palestinian Authority’s record

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) will, for the first time, hone in on the actions of the Palestinian Authority. Read more

UN’s point man on religious freedom has released his plan for combating anti-Semitism

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed presented a historic report in 2019 on global anti-Semitism as a human rights concern. Read more

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