The World Jewish Congress and Israel’s Mission to the United Nations will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the November 29, 1947 United Nations vote that called for the establishment of a Jewish state, with a reconstruction of events in the very structure that served as the UN headquarters at that time.
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin and Israel's ambassador to the United Nations have both delivered important speeches on the 70th anniversary marking the end of WWII.
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the defeated UN vote on a draft resolution for the establishment of a Palestinian state.