U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon comes to Israel in bid to calm tensions
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has come to Israel in an effort to tamp down the current wave of violence.
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Israelis could face trial in the Hague if Palestinian statehood recognized at UN, experts warn
Jewish Journal
September 8, 2011
Recognition of a Palestinian state could, in theory, lead to Israeli officials being dragged repeatedly before the International Criminal Court in the Hague for claims regarding its settlement policies in the West Bank, legal experts say.
Two cheers for the Administration’s flawed anti-Semitism report
Paul Kujawsky
April 11, 2008
Last month, the State Department issued its report on contemporary global anti-Semitism. There\’s much to admire in it, albeit with a significant reservation.
Israel Has Wish List for U.N.’s 60th
Rachel Pomerance
June 23, 2005
As the United Nations prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding in San Francisco, the occasion is bittersweet for Jewish observers.
It was the United Nations that sanctioned the State of Israel\’s birth in 1948, but it gave the Jewish state the status of an ugly stepchild — constantly singling out Israel for condemnation and excluding Israel, alone among U.N. member states, from full membership in the regional groupings that apportion key positions at the world body.
That said, Israel recently has made strides at the United Nations.
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