It took five days, but United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon finally said he “rejects” United Nations Human Rights Council official Richard Falk’s comments that cited “the American global domination project: and US-Israeli relations as provocations for the bombings. Falk, a Jewish American who has long history of accusing Israel of “war crimes” and “apartheid, […]
By JTA
Defending Israel’s legitimacy is a “huge part” of her work as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice told a Reform Judaism event Sunday evening. “It’s a huge part of my work to the United Nations,” she said at the launching of this year’s social activists’ Consultation on Conscience, organized by the Religious Action […]
The UN Security Council session last night of the situation in the Gaza Strip ended at an impasse. The United States opposed the approval of a statement that has no mention of Hamas rocket fire and Israel's right to defend itself. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said that the cessation of violence must be done through […]