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Japan surrenders to Allied Forces, ending World War II, circa 1945. Credit: U.S. federal government/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Never Again’ means now, says UN ambassador at tribute to World War II victims

Dorothy Shea, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, made the declaration relevant by highlighting the uptick in antisemitism in the wake of Oct. 7, 2023.

May 7, 2025

Israelis protest against the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which has been directly linked to Hamas terrorism, at their offices in Jerusalem on Feb. 5, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

UN high court sets five days of hearings in case on anti-UNRWA Israeli laws

The International Court of Justice has been asked to rule on the legality of the Jewish state banning the agency, which Israel accuses of ties to terror.

Mike Wagenheim

April 10, 2025

Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber. Credit: Courtesy.

Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi to visit Russia

The announcement comes just one day after Israel joined the United States in voting against a U.N. resolution reaffirming the world body’s condemnation of Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

JNS Staff

Feb. 26, 2025

Marianne Miller addresses the U.N. Generral Assembly, Jan. 27, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.

Holocaust survivor Marianne Miller addresses UN General Assembly

“I demand the world remember what happened only 80 years ago,” she said.

JNS Staff

Jan. 27, 2025

Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends a gala event at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between Israel and Argentina, on Dec. 16, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

WATCH: Herzog addresses UN General Assembly on Holocaust Remembrance Day

This year’s commemoration marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Jan. 27, 2025

Danny Danon (center, with finger to his lips), the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, and his delegation in the U.N. General Assembly Hall during the resumed 10th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on "Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory," Dec. 11, 2024. Credit: Manuel Elías/U.N. Photo.

‘Moral failure,’ Israeli mission in New York says of votes in United Nations

The United Nations is "voting itself into utter irrelevance," human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky told JNS.

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Dec. 12, 2024

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon speaks during the “Summit of the Future” on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly annual general debate in New York, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images.

UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state

The resolution also demands Israel cease all new "settlement" activities and evacuate all “settlers.”

JNS Staff

Dec. 4, 2024

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at a U.S. State Department press briefing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2023. Credit: Freddie Everett/U.S. State Department.

Senators warn of impending action if UN halts Israel’s participation in General Assembly

The legislators wrote that the Palestinian plan to destroy the Jewish state is “both obscene and antithetical to American national security interests.”

Nov. 5, 2024

Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, briefs reporters at U.N. headquarters on Oct. 1, 2024. Credit: Loey Felipe/U.N. Photo.

Israel stands alone with US against UNGA resolution on Cuba embargo

Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi is set to visit Havana next week.

Nov. 1, 2024