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Israeli organisation granted special UN status for first time since October 7

Alumot Or supports 12 special education schools across Israel

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World leaders gather in New York in September for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, with this year's topics including Gaza (Photo: Getty Images)

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Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay who oversaw ‘Gaza genocide’ report wins Nobel Peace Prize

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US President Trump addresses the UN General Assembly in New York City on September 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of ‘antisemitic’ Durban conference

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The West joins the UN’s anti-Israel hate fest

The grotesque lies, hyperbole and blood libels directed against the Jewish state that were once the preserve of despotic regimes have entered the European mainstream

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a Middle East conference during the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2026 (Image: Getty)

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The foreign secretary also met New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of the Jewish State whom Jerusalem accuses of inciting antisemitism

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Netanyahu says accusations of genocide in Gaza are ‘biggest lie of the century’ in UN speech

Israeli PM also said those who accuse Israel of colonialism in UK ‘invented the term’

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September 25, 2026 09:42

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2026 in New York City (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Israel accuses Macron of ‘grotesque absurdity’ over comment that Hamas has ‘never operated’ in West Bank

French President’s comments come just days after the murder of father-of-six Netanel Shukron in the territories by an attacker linked to the Palestinian terror group

By Daniel Ben-David

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September 23, 2026 14:55

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo Getty Images)

Burnham at UN: ‘Horrific’ October 7 attacks do not ‘justify’ Israel’s actions in Gaza

The prime minister also criticised the E1 settlement plan, which he claimed could ‘put a viable Palestinian state beyond reach’

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during the UN General Assembly in New York City on September 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Ed Miliband’s show of Jewish pride: Kicking Israel on Yom Kippur

Whether he is wrecking Britain’s alliance with its most important Middle Eastern ally or ordering a fruity vegan flapjack, our friends and foes alike must surely conclude that our Foreign Secretary is a bad joke

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: X)

Trump tells UN General Assembly he faces ‘big decision’ to ‘rebuild’ Iran or ‘annihilate’ the regime

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By Daniel Ben-David

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US President Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 22, 2026 (Screenshot/SkyNews)

Trump administration bars Palestinian Authority President from entering US ahead of UN General Assembly

US authorities reportedly accused the Palestinian leader of ‘glorifying terrorism’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Image: Getty Images)

Gaza hostage, 84, was held prisoner in UNRWA teacher’s attic for 48 days with ‘very little food’, daughter tells United Nations

Neta Heiman Mina, whose mum Ditza was kidnapped on October 7, challenged the UN to find alternatives to UNRWA to provide education for children in Gaza

By Daniel Ben-David

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September 15, 2026 18:14

Neta Ditza Heiman speaking at a UN panel discussion on human rights and education for children and youth, September 15, 2026

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Israeli organisation granted special UN status for first time since October 7

Supporter of Abraham Accords with Palestinian origins nominated to head up UN

UN must end double standards and restore moral purpose under next secretary-general

Danish ex-foreign minister ‘shocked’ by Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay

Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize makes a mockery of the award for its embrace of anti-Israel bias

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay who oversaw ‘Gaza genocide’ report wins Nobel Peace Prize

Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of ‘antisemitic’ Durban conference

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