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“To have that full commitment and engagement, both at the public level, but also in the faith school system, is incredibly powerful,” Heather Mann, a project officer with UNESCO, told JNS.
The small republic said its move is not a reward for Hamas.
Jerusalem said it had not supplied the mobile surface-to-air missile battery to Kyiv but rather had returned it to the U.S. for refurbishing.
The Dutch flag carrier is renewing daily flights to Israel from Amsterdam, although there will be a one-hour stopover in Larnaca, Cyprus, while service from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam will be direct.
David Lappartient said that “peace does not come through exclusion,” a day before the Israeli cycling team was banned from an Italian competition.
While “the issue of aid is very important,” a flotilla spokesperson said, abandoning the trip “means admitting that you let a government operate illegally without being able to do anything.”
The QR code the Israeli premier wore during his address to the General Assembly was scanned more than a million times.
The U.S. secretary of state said that it is important to “pressure Iran’s leaders to do what is right for their nation and best for the safety of the world.”
Wellington maintained its position in favor of a two-state solution, but said that “rhetoric” alone will not lead there.
Nine council members voted against an effort by China and Russia to delay snapback sanctions on the Islamic Republic and its nuclear-weapons program.
“The mayor of the largest Jewish community outside of Israel must remain steadfast in our support for Israel,” Eric Adams stated.
Addressing the world’s most sophisticated anti-Israel organization—the United Nations—the Israeli prime minister fought back against calls for Palestinian statehood, saying “Israel will not allow you to shove a terror state down our throats.”
The premier was silent during the protest. The Israeli envoy told JNS that his speech told the world “honestly” what “we are facing—the challenges, the isolation.”
