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PM pledges UK support to Israel in key UN vote

The prime minister also confirmed that he will be visiting Israel next year for its 'landmark' 75th birthday

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PM pledges UK support to Israel in key UN vote

UK Ambassador to UN urges 'meaningful dialogue' as West Bank tensions escalate

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UK Ambassador to UN urges 'meaningful dialogue' as West Bank tensions escalate

By Georgia L Gilholy

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Paris, FRANCE: Miloon Kothari, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing attends a press conference, 29 January 2007 in Paris, at the "Ministry of Crisis Housing", based in a building occupied since the end of December 2006 by three associations: MACAQ (Movement for Cultural and Artistic District Activities), Black Thursday and DAL (Right For a House). Kothari, who was in the capital to attend an OCDE meeting, prolonged his visit non officially to "better understand", he said, the housing situation in France. AFP PHOTO BERTRAND GUAY (Photo credit should read BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Human rights course in Geneva taught by anti-Israel UN commissioner

By Daniel Ben-David

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A French member of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand to attention as he holds up the United Nations flag during a ceremony for the French contingent in their base in the southern town of Deir Kifa on March 28, 2012. France is planning to reduce its UNFIL force members by some 400 soldiers. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

UN Commission of Inquiry declares Israeli occupation illegal, seeks ICJ opinion

By Daniel Ben-David

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a speech during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on September 22, 2022 in New York City. After two years of holding the session virtually or in a hybrid format, 157 heads of state and representatives of government are expected to attend the General Assembly in person. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Lapid came to America — and nobody noticed

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Head of Office for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the occupied Palestinian Territory Sarah Muscroft visits, with a delegation, the Um Qussah school, slated for demolition by Israeli authorities within area C (where Israel retains control, including over planning and construction) of the occupied West Bank, in the vicinity of the Palestinian village of Khashm al-Daraj in the southern area of Yatta, on February 8, 2021. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel condemns re-assignment of senior UN official who criticised 'indiscriminate' Gaza rockets

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Lapid: Axe UN Israel probe following 'Jewish Lobby' outrage

Lapid: Axe UN Israel probe following 'Jewish Lobby' outrage

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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Israeli PM urges UN to disband inquiry into Israel after alleged antisemitic comments by investigator

Yair Lapid called the inquiry 'tainted' in a letter to the UN

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August 1, 2022 15:46

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - MAY 06: Yesh Atid Party leader, Yair Lapid, speaks at a press conference on May 6, 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Lapid to form a new Israeli government after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority faces grilling by UN Committee Against Torture

The committee is considering Palestinian compliance with the UN convention against torture and other cruel forms of punishment

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July 19, 2022 11:28

Palestinians take part in a protest following the death of Palestinian human rights activist Nizar Banat who died a short time after being arrested by Palestinian Authority, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 24, 2021. Photo by Flash90

Israel's former UN ambassador tells of the hostility he faced every day at the global organisation's HQ

Danny Danon spoke in candid terms about his experience as the Permanent Representative to the UN until 2020

By Jotam Confino

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June 1, 2022 12:21

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 24: Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN Headquarters, July 24, 2018 in New York City. The Security Council discussed the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Obituary: Madeleine Albright

Diminutive presence who despite her small physical stature rose to become the first-ever female US Secretary of State

By Julie Carbonara

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May 26, 2022 13:49

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Kennedy Center Honors on December 7, 2008 in Washington, DC. In its 31st year, the Kennedy Center Honors recognizes honorees for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

The corpses and mass graves in Bucha tells the world the case against Putin at his Nuremberg will be overwhelming

An eyewitness account of the horrific evidence of Russian forces' war crimes in this satellite town of Kyiv

By John Sweeney

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April 7, 2022 09:42

BUCHA, UKRAINE - APRIL 04: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) Bodies are seen inside a mass grave by a church on April 4, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has accused Russian forces of committing a "deliberate massacre" as they occupied and eventually retreated from Bucha, 25km northwest of Kyiv. Dozens of bodies have been found in the days since Ukrainian forces regained control of the town. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)

'Ukraine will be a big Israel' Zelensky pledges in speech to his people

The Ukrainian president also demanded a 'new Nuremberg trials' at UN summit

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April 5, 2022 15:11

President Volodymyr Zelensky, of Ukraine, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on April 5, 2022. - Zelensky demanded "accountability" at the UN Security Council on April 5 for Russian "crimes" carried out during Russia's invasion of his country. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

UN 'apartheid Israel' report slammed as 'wicked' distortion of the truth

Watchdog NGO Monitor slammed the body for peddling antisemitic tropes

By Kirsty Buchanan

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March 23, 2022 14:38

A French member of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand to attention as he holds up the United Nations flag during a ceremony for the French contingent in their base in the southern town of Deir Kifa on March 28, 2012. France is planning to reduce its UNFIL force members by some 400 soldiers. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

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