Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO specializing in International Law, opened a two-day conference in Jerusalem, Monday, "Towards a New Law of War,” which dealt with the rules of armed conflict, their interpretation and application.
Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor called the Assad regime responsible for the Hezbollah attack on the Golan Heights Sunday nights, when the IDF struck at four terrorists trying to plant a bomb at the border. "The Syrian government has allowed terrorists to use its territory as a launching base to plant roadside bombs, […]
The US has given more than $57M to UNRWA for 'Palestinian' refugees in Syria in 2015 alone, but only pledged $10M for Nepal?
By Shalom Bear
UNRWA is proud because Hamas only stored mortars in their schools, not rockets, according to the UN inquiry.
The UN's BOI report about the 2014 Gaza War documents the exploitation by Hamas of UN facilities.
By Shalom Bear
UN admits Israel was right - Hamas attacked Israelis from UN facilities. Oops.
"Sexual violence in conflict has become a weapon of choice because it is cheap, silent and effective."
The lives of Gaza residents under Hamas go from miserable to even more miserable.
If the Palestinian Authority cannot control security for its own people. how can it protect Israel from terrorists?
Ratification does not imply admission of the possession of nuclear weapons.
By Shalom Bear
PLO refuses "to be drawn into any armed campaign" (that's a new one). Leftwing groups campaigning to flood Israel with Yarmouk "Palestinian refugees" for "humanitarian" reasons.
“The US negotiating team are mainly there to speak on Iran’s behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal.”
“Today is Hate Israel Day at the UN, a feature of every regular session, held in September, March and June, of the 47-nation Human Rights Council,” UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization, said in a statement.
Iran's Pres. Rouhani is optimistic an agreement can be reached on a nuclear deal, says there's "nothing that cannot be resolved."
By Rachel Levy
Aides to President Barack Obama told media Friday the U.S. will “reassess” its relationship with Israel after Netanyahu's re-election.
Israel's ambassador is the party pooper as the UN congratulates itself for its 70 year commitment to lofty principles.
Details of the negotiations with Iran reveal Bibi's warnings correct: this is a very bad deal.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s sharing of its know-how in research, manufacturing, marketing and application of energy efficiency and renewable energy products, was very much appreciated by the experts who took part in the workshop and study tour.
UN "refugee camps" sow the seeds of rebellion.
By Rachel Levy
The UN has added a second panel to "investigate" Israel's role in defending itself against terror attacks, this time in the north.
What lawyer do you know charges only $1300 for a 7 page legal brief in an esoteric field of expertise of international law?
Mary McGowan Davis is expected to blindly continue where the biased William Schabas left off.
By NGO Monitor
The revelation that Schabas previously did legal work for the PLO raises numerous questions, which should be publicly and transparently addressed by the UNHRC.
Schabas resigned due to enduring bias charges; his report must be scrapped.
By Shalom Bear
Schabas's resignation is a cynical attempt to protect his anti-Israel report that comes out in March, from accusations of bias.
Arab journalist advocates for PA and Gaza in State Dept. Press Briefings
And which Israelis official backed the resolution in 2006? Tzipi Livni.
The Gazans are protesting the freeze in the money transfer from the UN for rehabilitating their region.
As usual, there is a big gap between what Arab countries promise and what they deliver.
The Obama administration is not in love with Israel but certainly is divorcing itself from the Palestinian Authority.
Israelis head to Geneva to talk about Gaza war.
When Phyllis Chesler first published The New Anti-Semitism more than a decade ago, it was a glowing lamp in the darkening night. Since that time, The Jewish Press readers know that much has gotten worse. Anti-Semitism is louder, more widely and brazenly espoused, with less shame, than it had been in decades. More people can now see what […]
It's not an April Fool's joke, though it makes the UN and ICC look like fools.
By Rachel Levy
The Palestinian Authority complains to the UN after Israel withholds tax money as partial payment for a huge electricity bill.
Palestinian Authority diplomacy, like the Arab armies in previous wars, is leading a war of self-destruction.
Two can play the "I'll see you in court for war crimes" game, Israel tells the Palestinian Arabs.
The question is will the Palestinian Authority evaporate because it has no raison d’etre or has no money.
The US says it is "deeply troubled" by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas signing the Rome Statute to join ICC.
Israel told the Palestinian Arabs to cease their folly of trying to achieve a state through UN resolutions.
Resolution to force Israel to end the "Occupation" fails at the UN Security Council.
Arab delegates still have not decided when to put the resolution to a vote at the U.N. Security Council.
Abbas ignored Kerry’s hints of sanctions and told him Jordan will present a resolution to the UN to force Israel to "Auschwitz borders.”
First Lebanon's Hezbollah started the Second Lebanon War, now the UN wants Israel to pay Lebanon for damages.
The UN General Assembly approves resolution to refer N. Korea to the Intl Criminal Court at The Hague.
The State Dept. re-defines “unilateral” and won’t veto a resolution that does not explicitly ”prejudge” outcome of peace talks.
Abbas’ counting on vocal support doesn’t mean he knows how to count votes.
Abbas' sidekick Erekat says Palestinian Authority will win the High Noon showdown and go the UN for statehood.
Kerry wants to hear Netanyahu has to say about borders for the PA as defined by France and the United Nations.
Editor-in-chief and the op-ed editor of the Jerusalem Post respond to UNRWA's call to boycott paper
OUTRAGEOUS: UNRWA call for boycott of Israeli newspaper may also violate State Dept. neutrality agreement
On November 29, 1947 the United Nations voted in a plan for the partition of the British Mandate territory of Palestine. The plan came to be called the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181.
Will Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein be abdicating his throne to create a "Palestinian" state?
Israel's UN Ambassador called on entire UNSC to confront the reality of the Palestinian Arab barbarity.
By Shalom Bear
Israel is not cooperating with William Schabas's attempt to write the Goldstone 2 report.
Ron Prosor wrote he has no expectations from the UNSC, and deems them lacking sound judgement.
By Rachel Levy
Columnist quotes Obama aide insulting Netanyahu, citing "crisis" in US-Israel relations.
The obvious rejection will be valuable for historians to understand why the UN is a world disaster area.
Ban's only interest in Gaza is to continue UNRWA's occupation.
Israel's UN ambassador refuted secretary-general's hackneyed and false understanding of instability in the Middle East.
PLO ignores US aid cut threats, saying it will introduce UNSC resolution to 'end occupation' by 2016
“This is a great opportunity to unite the West Bank and Gaza under one Palestinian leadership.”
We caught the United Nations in the act of an “unfortunate error.”
He removed any doubts that the United Nations is a front for the United Anti-Israel Nations.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday that Israeli is not an “occupier” and that Hamas is an enemy of peace. He added that the reason for Israel’s counter-terror Protective Edge campaign was Hamas rocket fire on the country. Regarding Ban’s concern over “provocations” on the Temple Mount, Netanyahu described the daily […]
Two human rights activists from the Subcontinent have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014.
By Rachel Levy
PA leader Abbas demands UN force Israel back to 1949 Armistice Line by Nov. 2016.
Netanyahu had a lot to say to Ban, but there is no indication if anyone listened.
The blatantly hostile state department press corps belittled and mischaracterized Netanyahu's UN speech.
The following is the speech delivered by PM Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly on September 29, 2014:
By Rachel Levy
It's one hell of a pinpoint operation. Numerous civilians and a few militants were killed Sunday as US-led forces bombed grain silos and mills in Syria.
Netanyahu also will meet with President Obama.
Abbas’ threatened “bomb” at the United Nations was a diplomatic Kamikaze speech.
By JTA
Obama devoted only 78 words at #UNGA to greatest threat to world peace, the #Iran nuclear threat; 1,540 words to #ISIS
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“In the Middle East today, there is one country where Christianity is not only not persecuted, but affectionately granted freedom of expression, freedom of worship and security. It is Israel, the Jewish State. "
PA Chairman Abbas sent a message to Israeli PM Netanyahu in advance of the UN General Assembly: "End the occupation. Make peace."
After 2 weeks of captivity, the 45 Fijian UN soldier held captive by Syrian rebels were released on Thursday.
Bayefsky's address on the UN as source and legitimizer of efforts to destroy Israel should be required viewing.
Historians one day will ask why the United Nations aided and abetted terror in Gaza.
By Rachel Levy
Events on the other side of Israel's northern border are heating up. The IDF is on high alert in the Golan Heights.
Jews seeking to shame Netanyahu into enforcing the Apartheid Green Line so as not to anger the UNGA are shameful.
The FIlipino UN troops were successfully extracted by Irish UN troops from the Syrian rebel siege.
UN troops fled their posts along the Syrian-Israel border after they decided it was too dangerous for them to do their job.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) has come under increasing fire in recent weeks for aiding Hamas in the terror group's war against Israel, with one advocacy group lodging a formal complaint against the organization. As evidence seems to continue to emerge of the use of the agency's schools and clinics as Hamas storehouses, […]
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
An advocacy group has lodged a formal complaint claiming UNRWA has far exceeded its mandate by aiding and sustaining the psychological and physical assault on Israeli civilians and infrastructure.
Former NY Judge Mary McGowan Davis will joint a UN panel probing Israel's counter terror offensives.
The Wiesenthal Center detailed for Ban Ki Moon Hamas's as well as the UN's grievous wrongs in Gaza.
Three senators condemn UNRWA activities in Gaza and demand investigation, with answers from Kerry.
Lieberman comes up with his third solution in less than a month what to do with Gaza. The question is what to do with Lieberman.
Amal Alamuddin has pulled out of the UN investigation, but we're sure they'll find someone else who can prejudge Israel just as well.
"The battle we fight today is the same battle that you all will fight tomorrow." - Ambassador Prosor.
Lieberman proves he can be a diplomat even if it hurts.
Israel more or less won the battle against Hamas, but has a poor of history of fighting the enemy known as “peace talks.”
By Rachel Levy
It is clear that US President Barack Obama flip-flops on Israel; only the Congress is rock-solid in its support.
By Rachel Levy
The IAF returned fire towards Hamas terrorists using the entrance of an UNRWA school for a shield; 10 Gaza civilians were killed.
By Rachel Levy
Hamas has learned the art of kidnapping from Hezbollah. Israel neeeds to figure out quickly how to deal with that.
By Rachel Levy
As Gaza terrorists continue to 'carpet-rocket' Israel, UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secy of State John Kerry plan another cease fire.
"Pro-Palestinian" activists continue to target Jews around the world; Aussie commentator: Where outrage about beheadings in Syria?
UNRWA has found a third set of rockets in a one of their schools. We're sure they're shocked.
Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Gantz announce Israel will not stop the war until all terror tunnels are destroyed.
Prime Minister speaks by phone to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, stresses that Israel accepted all ceasefire proposals.