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| April 27, 2016
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UN Security Council ‘reminds’ Israel that Golan status “remains unchanged”

In response to Netanyahu’s declaration Israel would never vacate the Golan, UNSC felt the need to remind Jerusalem that ‘the status of the Golan remains unchanged’ & Israeli annexation of the plateau is ‘null & void and without int’l legal effect.’

By Reuters

 

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday voiced alarm over Israeli cities and towns about the Golan Heights on Syria’s border with Israel, adding that its status remains unchanged.

The UN Security Council – Photo: AP

UN council voices alarm at Israeli cities on Golan Heights

Earlier this month Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel would never relinquish the Golan Heights, in a signal to Russia and the United States that the strategic plateau should be excluded from any deal on Syria’s future. Continue Reading »

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| April 19, 2016
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Watch: Palestinian refuses to “condemn all acts of terrorism” at UN Security Council

 

Watch: Dramatic clash when Ambassador Danon tells Palestinian representatives at the UN Security Council, ‘Shame on you for refusing to say you condemn all acts of terror.’

By Uzi Baruch

 

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Monday hosted Natan and Ranana Meir, the husband and daughter of Dafna Meir who was murdered at the entrance to her home in Otniel, Judea in January.

Banana Meir, Natan Meir and Danny Danon -FM Spokesperson

Danon hosted the two together with the OneFamily organization that supports terror victims at a special session of the UN Security Council held on the topic of Israel. Continue Reading »

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| April 8, 2016
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REPORT: Palestinians circulating UNSC draft resolution condemning settlements & Jewish settlers

 

With tension as they are between Obama & Netanyahu, Israel fears the POTUS will not veto the Palestinian’s resolution calling for settlement construction in Judea, Samaria & Jerusalem to stop  while also condemning “settler violence.”

By Jessica Satin

 

The Palestinian Authority this week began distributing a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli construction of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and demanding that it be ended, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Thursday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seeks to bring the resolution to a vote when he visits UN headquarters in about two weeks, according to Haaretz. Continue Reading »

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| March 8, 2016
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WSJ Report: Obama considers initiating UN resolution to restart peace process

 

Although the White House has repeatedly vetoed such resolutions in the past, the US president is mulling using the UN Security Council to apply pressure to restart negotiations.
• White House ‘surprised’ at Netanyahu’s decision to cancel Washington trip later this month, after have been invited to meeting with Obama.

By Ynetnews and Reuters

 

US President Barack Obama’s administration is considering a United Nations Security Council resolution to serve as a blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian talks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The US has repeatedly vetoed such resolutions in the past.

PM Netanyahu and President Obama in the Oval Office – Photo:Avi Ohayon

That move would be just one element of a plan to receive the peace process, according to the Journal. Continue Reading »

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| August 12, 2015
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UN Security Council to receive PA resolution to end Israeli ‘occupation’

PA Foreign Minister said the PA is working to convince the US to blacklist settler groups as terror organizations, adding occupation is the “worst form of terrorism.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority is planning to present a new resolution to the UN Security Council calling for ending Israeli “occupation” and providing international protection for the Palestinians, PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki announced on Tuesday.

IDF soldiers keep guard at checkpoint near Qalandia – Photo: REUTERS

“Nor is it prepared to end settlement activities or put an end to the terror of settlers. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2015
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Obama Sets Israel Up to “Perils of Isolation” in UN Over Nuke Deal

UNSC set to adopt Iran JCPOA resolution in quick ‘Blitzkrieg’ vote under a procedure that will expose Israel to isolation should Jerusalem speak out against dangerous Iran deal.

By Mark Langfan, A7 UN Reporter

 

In a diplomatic blitzkrieg, the Obama Administration has set this coming Monday at 9 a.m. EST for a vote at the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York on the adoption of the Iran nuclear deal, which was announced by the world’s leading powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran in Vienna on Tuesday.

US President Barack Obama addresses the 69th UN General Assembly – Photo: Reuters

A terse announcement by the New Zealand delegation which assumed the monthly rotating UNSC’s Presidency for July revealed the vote session.
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| June 19, 2015
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US envoy Defends Israel at UN: Listing Israel with Boko Haram, ISIS ‘is fundamentally wrong’

At an open UNSC meeting US Envoy for Special Political Affairs David Pressman said, “The idea that the gov’t of Israel, as some have suggested, would be listed on the same page as ISIS, Boko Haram or Syria, is factually & fundamentally wrong.”

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

The United States strongly condemned countries, diplomats and UN officials seeking to compare Israel with Islamic State in a speech that its envoy to the United Nations gave to the Security Council in New York on Thursday.

Delegates sit for a Security Council meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York. – Photo: REUTERS

“The idea that the government of Israel, as some have suggested, would be listed on the same page as ISIS, Boko Haram or Syria, is factually and fundamentally wrong,” US Ambassador to the UN for Special Political Affairs David Pressman said. Continue Reading »

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| April 30, 2015
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Report: Iran flexing its regional muscles having Hezbollah & Syria attack Israel

Israel TV10 reports Iran as having instructed the Hezbollah & Syria to provoke conflict on northern border, as a ploy to increase Iran’s regional influence.

By Israel Hayom Staff & Reuters

 

Iran has recently increased its pressure on Hezbollah and Syria to carry out attacks on the Israel-Syria and Israel-Lebanon borders, Channel 10 News reported Tuesday.

Israeli military forces move along the Syrian border [Archive] – Photo: Reuters

Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij, who is also deputy commander of the Syrian armed forces, met his Iranian counterpart Hossein Dehghan on Tuesday, in Tehran.

The rare visit was aimed at “strengthening coordination and cooperation between the two armies … especially in the face of terrorism and common challenges in the region,” the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said. Continue Reading »

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| March 28, 2015
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France to Revive UNSC Resolution to Force Israel-PA Peace Talks

France moves to restart a UN Security Council resolution to renew deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

France plans to begin talks at the United Nations on a new Security Council resolution to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday, according to the AFP news agency.

Laurent Fabius – Reuters

Fabius told reporters at UN headquarters in New York that discussions on a text would start “in the coming days.”

The Security Council in December rejected a resolution that would have set a deadline for reaching a final peace deal and pave the way to the creation of a Palestinian state.

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| February 16, 2015
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Martin Indyk: US part of int’l community to force UN Security Council Resolution on Israel

 

 

Former envoy to peace talks Martin Indyk, suggests the US would be facilitator of a pro-Palestinian resolution that would “lay out & preserve the principles of a 2-state solution in the future.”

By HERB KEINON

 

If a government emerges after the election that does not launch a diplomatic initiative or opposes a Palestinian state, Israel will likely face a UN Security Council resolution proposed by all permanent members designed to “lay out the principles of a two state solution,” Martin Indyk said Monday.

Martin Indyk

Martin Indyk – Photo: REUTERS

Indyk, who was the US special envoy to last year’s failed Israeli-Palestinian talks, said at the annual Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) conference in Tel Aviv that he expected this alternative would be “against Israel’s will.’ Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2014
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UK Voices Opposition to Palestinian Statehood Resolution

 

Britain joins the US with concerns how the revised UN draft does not address Israel’s security needs.

By i24news

 

Britain joined the United States and Israel on Tuesday, lashing out against a toughly worded Palestinian statehood resolution submitted to the UN Security Council, Reuters reported.

“British ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Security council Mark Lyall Grant (L) addresses the press, flanked by US Ambassador to the UN Security Council Samantha Power, after a meeting with South Sudan’s president on August 12, 2014 in Juba” – Photo: Charles Lomodong (AFP)

When asked whether Britain would support the revised draft, British UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said the country would not.

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| December 29, 2014
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PM Netanyahu: If int’l community doesn’t oppose Palestinian UN bid for Israel withdrawal, we will

Israel’s PM Netanyahu says, as Jordan advances Palestinian resolution to UN Security Council on ‘end of Israeli occupation’, ‘We expect the entire int’l community, at least the responsible members of that community, to vigorously oppose this UN diktat.’ 

By Ynetnews & Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday that if the international community does not oppose the Palestinians’ UN bid, Israel will.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting today with Indiana Governor Mike Pence. – Video screenshot GPO

In a meeting with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Netanyahu stressed that “Israel will oppose conditions that endanger our future.”

The Palestinians plan to submit a final draft of a statehood resolution to the United Nations on Monday calling for a peace deal with Israel within a year and an “end to occupation” of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017

“We expect the entire international community – at least the responsible members of that community – to oppose vigorously this UN diktat, this UN Security Council resolution. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2014
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PA Foreign Minister Reports UN Resolution to be Put Off Until 2015

Palestinian Authority FM reveals Arab League ambassadors mulling unilateral resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal & UN recognition is likely to be postponed yet again.

By Ari Yashar

 

The council of Arab UN ambassadors gathered on Monday to discuss the Palestinian Authority (PA) resolution set to be proposed at the UN Security Council, unilaterally demanding recognition and Israeli withdrawals – however, the vote on the resolution set for Monday looks to be postponed yet again.

Last Friday PA chief negotiator Saeb Erekat announced that the vote would be held that day, or at the latest this Monday. But according to PA foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki, the vote doesn’t seem likely until the new year begins.

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| December 18, 2014
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Lieberman dismisses Jordan’s motion on Palestinian draft to UN as another ‘gimmick’

 

 

Israel’s FM Avigdor Lieberman: “It would be better if the Security Council dealt with matters truly important to the citizens of the world, such as the murderous attacks this week in Australia & Pakistan, or discuss events in Syria & Libya, and not waste time on the Palestinian’s gimmicks.”

By Reuters

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed UN Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and an end to Israeli presence in territories Palestinians want for their future state by the end of 2017.

“Certainly this will not hasten an agreement because without Israel’s consent, nothing will change,” Lieberman said in a statement. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2014
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UN Security Council strongly condemns ‘despicable terrorist attack’ at Jerusalem synagogue

 

UNSC members expressed their condolences to the families of all those who were savagely killed & expressed their sympathy to those injured & to the Israeli people.

By UN Website

 

The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned yesterday’s “despicable terrorist attack” in a synagogue in Jerusalem, resulting in the murder of four innocent civilians worshiping there and a police officer, as well as the injury of many more.

Wide view of the Security Council. – UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

In a statement to the press, the members of the Council strongly condemned all such acts of violence, and expressed concern about increased tensions, “which have affected both the Israeli and Palestinian people, and urged all sides to take immediate steps to restore calm.” Continue Reading »

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