Ambassador Prosor’s letter to Ban Ki-moon reads ‘Ten days. Ten rockets. Not one word of condemnation from the Security Council’ Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor sent a stern letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressing outrage over the UN’s failure to condemn the firing of rocketsfrom the Gaza Continue Reading »

Security Council says ‘any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations.’ Israeli ambassador: UN broke 7-year silence The UN Security Council condemned Thursday night “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attack in New Delhi, India aimed at Israel’s diplomatic personnel, as well as and the recent Continue Reading »

Morocco, replacing Lebanon on the United Nations Security Council, wasted no time in raising the issue of Israeli settlements after a closed-door Security Council meeting on January 10th about the unrelated topic of Children and Armed Conflict. As the United States representative is reported to have pointed out, Morocco’s request Continue Reading »

The suffering of Jewish refugees from Arab countries must be acknowledged, compensated for their losses. While serving as a Canadian delegate to the annual inter-parliamentary hearing at the United Nations, I came across an exhibit marking the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The central theme of Continue Reading »

Speaking at Conference of Presidents event, American UN envoy Rice says Obama administration committed to oppose efforts to ‘chip away at Israel’s legitimacy.’ U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice denounced the treatment Israel receives in the United Nations on Thursday, adding that American support of Israel’s security was Continue Reading »

Spending plan released by congressional Republicans allows continued aid so long as Palestinians not admitted as state to more UN organizations. J Street: Good news The US Congress would allow American economic aid to the Palestinians to continue next year so long as Palestine is not admitted as a state Continue Reading »

President Mahmoud Abbas symbolically hoisted the Palestinian flag at the headquarters of the U.N. cultural agency on Tuesday calling it the first step to international recognition for Palestine. Some 50 diplomatic guests watched as Abbas lifted the flag while the Palestinian national anthem was played at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, Continue Reading »

Alan Dershowitz, a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, talks about Human Rights in Israel and around the Middle East. Watch the video here:         Continue Reading »

Canada recently joined the United States and Great Britain in prohibiting financial transactions with Iran, but a major Jewish community organization believes anti-Iranian sanctions should be even tougher. CIJA, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, is calling on the Canadian government to target the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Continue Reading »

There would be no peace negotiations with Israel without a settlement freeze and a two- state solution, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday. “These are not Palestinian conditions, they are Israeli Phase I Roadmap obligations,” Erekat said during a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Continue Reading »