The United Nations called on Thursday for \”bold and decisive steps\” to relaunch the Israeli-Palestinian peace process as the region awaits a possible new initiative by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Israel warned the United Nations Security Council on Thursday not to allow a new flotilla to sail to Gaza, saying that the flotilla organizers had \”ties to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.\”
You really screwed up. You screwed up so badly that Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic says you contributed, more than any other individual, to the delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday to stop the impending flotilla that is supposed to set sail to the Gaza Strip in May.
A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a \”war crime,\” rejecting a suggestion that the U.N. might include the Holocaust in Gaza\’s school curriculum.
The U.N. Security Council reaffirmed existing sanctions against Iran but did not expand them.
Criticized by some in Israel because she is a political outsider, Gabriela Shalev, Israel\’s incoming U.N. ambassador, wins the praise of past and current colleagues who say she is an exceptional legal mind with an unflappable exterior
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.
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