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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
October 2, 2024, 11:51 am
Israel bans UN secretary-general António Guterres from entering country
Israel’s foreign minister Israel Katz labels the UN chief a 'persona non grata' saying he had failed to condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel
By Lee Harpin
Protesters are seen during a demonstration outside the Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees.
August 6, 2024, 9:20 am
Nine UNRWA staff members fired over ‘likely’ involvement in 7 October
UN spokesperson says those likely to have been involved in Hamas massacre had committed a 'tremendous betrayal' of work they were meant to be doing for the Palestinian people
By Lee Harpin
An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian armed militants who entered from the Gaza Strip,
June 12, 2024, 4:39 pm
UN investigation accuses Hamas of Oct 7 abductions with ‘significant sexual violence’
But a second report by the UN commission is damning about Israel's conduct as it responded to the atrocity.
By Lee Harpin
UN Security Council
June 11, 2024, 10:58 am
UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for Hamas to accept Gaza ceasefire
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the ceasefire plan and will meet Benny Gantz on Tuesday
By Lee Harpin
Rishi Sunak appears before parliament's Liaison Committee ( UK parliament)
March 26, 2024, 5:56 pm
Rishi Sunak says UK ‘pleased to support’ UN Gaza ceasefire resolution
The Prime Minister, appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, said he was 'pleased to support the resolution' because it was consistent with the UK position in relation to Gaza
By Lee Harpin
Palestinians receive aid packs from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
January 30, 2024, 10:47 am
Education watchdog warns: Exposed UNRWA-Hamas links ‘just a drop in the ocean’
Report finds some 10 percent of UNRWA employees in Gaza have ties to the two terrorist groups and that “half have relatives” in Hamas and Islamic Jihad.”
By Jenni Frazer
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
October 24, 2023, 7:38 pm
Israel calls for UN general secretary to ‘resign immediately’ over Hamas speech
UN general secretary Antonio Guterres uses speech to claim 'It is important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum'
By Lee Harpin
Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN
September 23, 2023, 8:09 pm
Netanyahu touts prospects for deals with Saudi Arabia and even the Palestinians in UN speech
He told the U.N. General Assembly: “Now as the circle of peace expands, I a real path towards a genuine peace with our Palestinian neighbours can finally be achieved.”
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
James Kariuki delivers speech to UN Security Council
August 21, 2023, 4:40 pm
UK ‘deeply alarmed’ by growth in settler violence in West Bank
In speech to UN security council, ambassador James Kariuki condemns three 'abhorrent terrorist attacks' committed by Palestinians, but his central focus remains on Israel
By Lee Harpin
Presenter Anjana Gadgil interviews Naftali Bennett
July 5, 2023, 12:23 pm
BBC presenter claims ‘Israeli forces are happy to kill children’
Presenter Anjana Gadgil made the claim to ex Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett during an interview about the military operation in Jenin
By Lee Harpin
United Nations Security Council meeting. (Wikipedia/Source The Official White House Photostream. Author :White House (Pete Souza) / Maison Blanche (Pete Souza))
June 21, 2023, 1:19 pm
UN Security Council finally passes resolution condemning antisemitism
UK-UAE drafted resolution 2686 on Tolerance and International Peace and Security addressed concern at hate speech and incitement to violence.
By Lee Harpin
Francesca Albanese speaks at a U.N. forum in New York, May 18, 2018. (Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
May 12, 2023, 11:48 am
Israel is treating Palestinian territories as ‘colonies’, claims UN official
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied territories, also claims Israel wants 'as much land as possible for Jewish-only people' 
By Lee Harpin
The Amnesty report was published earlier in February 2022
April 24, 2023, 4:50 pm
Communal groups condemn Amnesty after it attaches name to anti-IHRA letter
Amnesty International is one of 104 organisations who signed letter sent to the UN claiming IHRA 'has often been used to wrongly label criticism of Israel as antisemitic'
By JN Reporter
Ashley Phillips at Sharm-el-Sheikh
November 28, 2022, 6:14 pm
OPINION: Make Ecocide an international crime alongside genocide
Ashley Phillips, an activist for Art for Ecocide Law, reflects on his participation at COP27 where he focused on compelling companies to sign up to ocean sustainability.
By Ashley Phillips
Na'amod protestors in central London, campaigning against Israel's presence in the West Bank and Gaza
July 21, 2022, 1:54 pm
UN claims Israel’s West Bank presence subjugates Palestinians ‘by design’
The Board of Deputies has lashed out at a “disgraceful” comment in the latest United Nations report on Israel, which stops just short of accusing the country of outright apartheid.
By Adam Decker
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