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Amnesty International

Fury as Amnesty oppose adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition

Human rights group accused of 'undermining the purpose of their existence' by antisemitism czar and Jewish groups

By Felix Pope

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Agnes Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, gestures during a media briefing on gender and sexual violence perpetrated by the police during the 2021 national strike protests in Bogota on December 1, 2022. (Photo by DANIEL MUNOZ / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia blocks Israeli delegation from attending UN awards ceremony

By JC Reporter

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United Nations

Top UN human rights official accused of 'extreme' anti-Israel bias

By Ben Bloch

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Israel

UN Mid-East envoy warns that Israelis and Palestinians are 'on the brink'

By JC Reporter

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Israel diverts funding from the PA and gives it to terror victims instead

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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UN official denies 'Jewish lobby' comments were antisemitic

By Felix Pope

2 min read

Rishi Sunak

PM pledges UK support to Israel in key UN vote

By Ben Bloch

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

Dame Barbara Woodward told a UN Security Council Debate that 'urgent' action was needed

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

November 1, 2022 11:55

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

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

The course will focus on holding Member States accountable on human rights, and will include “anecdotes from the experience of the lecturers”

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

October 21, 2022 16:49

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)

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

The 28-page report makes no mention of Hamas, terrorism, or rockets fired at Israeli civilians

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

October 21, 2022 15:17

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)

By Dominic Green

Lapid came to America — and nobody noticed

An Israeli PM visiting is usually big news but Lapid slipped in and out of New York barely noticed by most in the US

2 min read

September 29, 2022 12:23

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)

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

Sarah Muscroft is a British aid worker serving in the West Bank and Gaza

By Josh Kaplan

2 min read

August 15, 2022 15:45

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)

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

'The fight against antisemitism cannot be waged with words alone; it requires action. This is the time for action.'

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

3 min read

August 9, 2022 15:23

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

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

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 1, 2022 16:46

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

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

July 19, 2022 12:28

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

3 min read

June 1, 2022 13:21

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)

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Fury as Amnesty oppose adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition

Saudi Arabia blocks Israeli delegation from attending UN awards ceremony

Top UN human rights official accused of 'extreme' anti-Israel bias

UN Mid-East envoy warns that Israelis and Palestinians are 'on the brink'

Israel diverts funding from the PA and gives it to terror victims instead

UN official denies 'Jewish lobby' comments were antisemitic

PM pledges UK support to Israel in key UN vote

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