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Sun, 11 Aug 2024 11:19:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 https://www.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/JP-Logo-200.jpg https://www.jewishpress.com 32 32 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/far-too-many-civilians-killed-in-gaza-harris-says-after-israeli-strike-on-hamas-terror-base-formerly-a-mosque-in-a-school/2024/08/11/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 06:18:31 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=702530 The U.S. vice president added that the Jewish state has the right to go after terrorists but “an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/hamas/us-egypt-qatar-jointly-call-for-immediate-agreement-in-ceasefire-negotiations/2024/08/09/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 06:45:34 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=702379 “Having a proposal that’s unified between the three mediators can be quite powerful,” said a senior Biden administration official.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-investigation-says-nine-unrwa-staffers-may-have-joined-in-oct-7-massacre/2024/08/05/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:38:08 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=701789 “It is too little, too late—ignoring thousands of agency employees involved to various degrees in Hamas’s terror activities,” wrote Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-official-leaving-post-in-jerusalem-says-israel-wont-extend-visa/2024/08/03/ Sat, 03 Aug 2024 19:26:07 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=701453 Israel is refusing to extend visas for a significant portion of U.N. staff and other non-governmental organizations.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/gazans-suffering-because-of-what-hamas-did-to-them-says-us-envoy-to-the-united-nations/2024/07/30/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:10:47 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=700770 Washington “put pressure on the Israelis to allow for humanitarian assistance to get in unimpeded, and we continue to work on those efforts,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield said.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/pro-israel-protesters-interrupt-un-security-council-meeting-call-for-freeing-hostages/2024/07/18/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 05:56:54 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=698992 Protests inside the Security Council chamber are rare, and the Russian foreign minister, who chaired the meeting, appeared not to understand the protesters.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/unrwa-head-claims-key-allegation-of-hamas-collaboration-lawsuit-is-false/2024/07/14/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:37:29 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=698433 Philippe Lazzarini defends his agency’s scattered and disputed humanitarian aid record keeping.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/antisemitism-news/un-finally-admits-it-paid-for-albaneses-anti-israel-lobbying-trip/2024/07/13/ Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:48:42 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=698222 The controversial U.N. rapporteur’s visit to Australia and New Zealand included raising funds for a "Palestinian" lobby group and lobbying sovereign wealth fund to divest from Israel.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/islamists-news/israeli-envoy-in-ny-west-at-risk-of-radical-muslim-occupation/2024/07/05/ Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:14:36 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=697280 Ofir Akunis is the new consul general to New York.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-investigative-unit-probing-allegations-against-anti-israel-un-official/2024/07/03/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 22:27:45 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=696758 The investigative unit of the United Nations opened a case probing whether pro-Hamas lobbying groups funded Francesca Albanese’s trips in 2023 to Australia and New Zealand.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-official-admits-lack-of-data-indicating-famine-in-gaza/2024/06/30/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:42:38 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=696271 None of the three benchmarks for famine have been met.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/antisemitism-news/israel-rejects-uns-explanation-for-leaving-hamass-use-of-human-shields-out-of-report/2024/06/19/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 06:26:00 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=694852 Virginia Gamba, special representative to the U.N. secretary-general, told JNS that word count limits left no space to mention that the terror organization embeds deliberately among civilians.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/aliyah-israel/israeli-officials-encourage-aliyah-while-affirming-us-jewish-communities-strong/2024/06/08/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 19:17:47 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=693562 “We’re absolutely not competing. We are completing each other,” said Ron Brummer, deputy director general at the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-watch-accuses-albanese-of-taking-payments-from-activist-groups/2024/06/02/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:15:19 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=692675 Francesa Albanese’s “support for terrorism and promotion of antisemitism” “is now compounded by serious financial improprieties,” said the NGO in a complaint filed to the U.N. secretary general.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/ny/jewish-new-yorkers-police-brace-for-pro-hamas-protests-at-israel-parade/2024/06/01/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 19:05:23 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=692545 Only 20% of recent past attendees plan on marching this year. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/business-economy/us-israel-trade-dispute-threatens-to-cripple-iron-dome/2024/05/15/ Wed, 15 May 2024 15:12:36 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=690222 American tariffs could put a key parts manufacturer out of business. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-blames-fog-of-war-for-major-overcounting-of-gazan-child-fatalities/2024/05/13/ Mon, 13 May 2024 06:14:52 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=689935 “It’s outrageous that only seven months later, the United Nations is questioning the Hamas-supplied casualty numbers,” an HonestReporting board member told JNS.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/at-un-general-assembly-palestinian-authority-gets-novel-rights-for-non-member-observer-no-membership/2024/05/11/ Sat, 11 May 2024 19:40:36 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=689768 The global body is paving the way for “the establishment of a Palestinian terror state, which will be led by the Hitler of our times,” Israel’s envoy said.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/israels-un-ambassador-says-organizations-days-are-numbered/2024/05/02/ Thu, 02 May 2024 12:46:52 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=688555 Gilad Erdan told the U.N. General Assembly that body’s anti-Israel animus is the reason U.S. “universities are permitting this Nazi-like behavior.” ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-official-hate-speech-on-both-sides-of-us-campus-protests/2024/04/28/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 07:43:05 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=688242 Irene Khan, U.N. special rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, lamented what she said was confusion between hate speech, incitement and what is "basically a different view of the situation in Israel"]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/no-mention-of-israel-in-un-general-assembly-heads-passover-message/2024/04/27/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:12:41 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=688178 Dennis Francis called the holiday a “season of rebirth and renewal, the triumph of hope and faith.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-agencies-randomly-use-statistic-that-child-in-gaza-killed-every-10-minutes/2024/04/27/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:59:24 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=688173 It is unclear how that figure was tabulated; it would mean that some 28,000 children have been killed since Oct. 7—a number not even claimed by Hamas.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/no-green-light-from-washington-for-rafah-mission-us-envoy-says/2024/04/25/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:34:35 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=688035 Barbara Leaf defended the U.S. decision to veto Palestinian membership at the United Nations.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/israeli-foreign-affairs-ministry-review-of-unrwas-neutrality-offers-cosmetic-solutions/2024/04/23/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:16:55 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=687694 “Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA so deeply that it is no longer possible to determine where UNRWA ends and where Hamas begins,” a ministry spokesman said.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/antisemitism-news/adl-reported-antisemitic-incidents-up-140-in-2023-shattering-records/2024/04/16/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:20:03 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=686683 “Antisemitism is nothing short of a national emergency, a five-alarm fire that is still raging across the country and in our local communities and campuses.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/biden-campaign-co-chair-urges-emergency-aid-to-israel-days-after-his-threat-to-condition-it/2024/04/14/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 07:48:33 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=686374 Sen. Chris Coons said the House must “promptly” pass the Senate foreign aid bill “to ensure that our Israeli allies have everything they need to defend themselves from attacks by Iran and its proxies.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/florida/were-cutting-them-loose-chief-florida-financial-officer-says-of-morningstar/2024/04/06/ Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:05:32 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=685214 A spokeswoman said the investment firm is “working with our analysts and clients to implement each of the remaining experts’ recommendations swiftly—before the end of this year.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/yemen/washington-could-remove-houthis-from-global-terror-list-us-envoy-says/2024/04/04/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=684984 “We favor a diplomatic solution. We know that there is no military solution,” the State Department’s Yemen envoy said.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/new-york-congressman-disgusting-that-biden-schumer-play-politics-with-israel-in-election-year/2024/03/30/ Sat, 30 Mar 2024 18:44:35 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=684126 Rep. Anthony D’Esposito introduced legislation, because “Israel should have a seat at the table in decisions that are being made in the processes moving forward.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/china-russia-veto-us-ceasefire-resolution-at-the-un-security-council/2024/03/23/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 21:14:28 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=683174 Beijing and Moscow said the draft resolution wasn’t sufficiently strong in calling for a halt to fighting in Gaza.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-security-council-could-put-competing-ceasefire-resolutions-to-vote-soon/2024/03/21/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:34:11 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=682963 Everyone wants stop Israel from defeating Hamas.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/full-monday-planned-at-un-with-focus-on-us-vetoes-of-ceasefire-unrwa/2024/03/02/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 19:39:20 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=680151 The U.N.’s sexual violence in conflict envoy will address the media in her recent trip to Israel.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/us-envoys-final-solution-reference-an-unfortunate-slip-of-tongue/2024/02/24/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:02:47 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=679087 Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, combined two phrases she tends to use, “durable solution” and “final resolution,” a source said.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/with-new-un-ceasefire-resolution-algeria-all-but-dares-washington-to-veto/2024/02/17/ Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:56:43 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=678018 The North African country, with a long history of being anti-Israel, appears to believe the United States is out of excuses to block the resolution.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-official-accused-of-silence-on-oct-7-to-visit-israel-to-learn-of-hamas-sexual-violence/2024/01/27/ Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:49:31 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=674891 Pramila Patten will “report back on what she has seen or what she has heard” about Hamas’s sexual violence on Oct. 7 but isn’t empowered to conduct a formal investigation.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-chief-israeli-opposition-to-two-state-solution-totally-unacceptable/2024/01/22/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:34:39 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=674107 António Guterres didn’t mention Benjamin Netanyahu by name, but he criticized the Israeli prime minister harshly in a speech in Uganda over the weekend.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/un-calls-for-meeting-on-judea-and-samaria-focuses-on-gaza-ignores-hezbollah/2023/12/31/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:22:47 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=670763 “Everywhere around Israel, there is one actor that continues to pull the strings, though its proxies, and this is Iran,” says Albania’s envoy.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/killing-israeli-soldiers-is-not-illegal-un-human-rights-official-insists/2023/12/24/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:50:50 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=669744 Francesca Albanese: "Palestinians, who are deprived of their right of self-determination, have the right to resist."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/washington-standing-in-the-way-of-binding-un-ceasefire-call/2023/12/20/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:44:04 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=669138 A vote on a Security Council resolution was pushed off for a second straight day at the Biden administration’s behest.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/hamas/senior-us-official-with-american-blood-on-his-hands-sinwars-days-are-numbered/2023/12/16/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 19:51:14 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=668553 The official added that former Palestinian Authority security force members could help secure a post-Hamas Gaza, as Biden’s national security advisor visited the region.]]>