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A Jewish Yemenite family crossing a desert to leave the country, 1949 (National photo collection of Israel)
September 17, 2025, 4:46 pm
OPINION: 99 percent of Jews from Arab lands were forced to leave. The world must hear us
One of the largest examples of ethnic cleansing in modern history is barely acknowledged and hardly known about
By Dr Stanley Urman
Alice Wairimu-Nderitu
June 26, 2025, 10:55 am
Interview: Alice Wairimu-Nderitu and the high price of honesty
She was the United Nations Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, but everything changed after she refused to describe Gaza in such terms
By Daniel Sugarman
File photo dated 24/08/12 of the then Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt and the then Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who will go head to head in the Conservative party leadership race.
June 24, 2019, 1:10 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: Which way will the Tories turn?
Either Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson will walk into Downing Street next month as our new prime minister. What would their impact be on issues of concern to the Jewish community?
By Jodie Cohen
United Nations Human Rights Council
March 22, 2019, 11:21 am
UK abstains from UN vote accusing Israel of ‘war crimes’
British Jewish groups express regret UK didn't vote against anti-Israel motion at United Nations
By Jewish News Reporter
Nikki Haley voting at the United Nations Security Council
June 20, 2018, 8:06 am
US to leave UN Human Rights Council over ‘chronic bias against Israel’
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley slams the body as not being 'worthy of its name' while protesting criticism of the Jewish state
By Jewish News Reporter
United Nations Human Rights Council
March 24, 2018, 7:09 pm
UK warns little has changed at UN Human Rights Council, a year after putting body on notice
Britain demands end to UNHRC's agenda dedicated to criticising Israel - a year after it called out institutional bias
By Justin Cohen
Police lead away a protester outside in central London calling for an end to the sale of goods from Israeli settlements.
January 22, 2018, 10:34 am
Amnesty cancels JLC meeting in protest against Israeli settlement goods
Chair of the Jewish organisation hits out at the human rights group for pulling out of hosting the panel discussion at the last minute
Ma'ale Adumim settlement
September 29, 2017, 1:16 pm
UN warns 150 companies over business in settlements
Caterpillar, Priceline.com, TripAdvisor and Airbnb among firms warned over operating in the West Bank
By JTA
Nikki Haley (centre) at the UN
June 6, 2017, 2:42 pm
US considering withdrawing support for UN body over ‘chronic anti-Israel bias’
American envoy Nikki Haley suggests Donald Trump's administration could remove its backing for the UN Human Rights Council
By Jewish News Reporter
David Quarrey
March 31, 2017, 10:27 am
The ambassador to Israel with an appetite for business
The UK’s Israel envoy David Quarrey on the Balfour centenary, hopes for a Royal visit and, er, Eddie Izzard
By Justin Cohen
United Nations Human Rights Council
March 30, 2017, 2:51 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: UN’s welcome warning
This week's editorial focuses on the British government's rebuke of the UNHRC over Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
February 28, 2017, 9:21 am
Mahmoud Abbas tells UN: Come to the defence of two-state solution
The Palestinian president urged the international community to recognise his people's right to statehood, amid expanding settlement construction
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