Sa’ar explains need for ‘Operation Rising Lion’ to UN Security Council Israel’s top diplomat called the strikes on Iran a “measure of last resort” to thwart Iranian nuclear weapons development and missile attacks on Israel. Mike Wagenheim June 18, 2025
US vetoes UNSC resolution, ‘unacceptable’ for what it says, doesn’t say, manner advanced We thank the United States for standing on the side "of truth, justice and moral clarity," Israeli envoy Danny Danon said. JNS Staff June 4, 2025
US admin pushing back on UNSC Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution An American diplomatic source told JNS that ongoing negotiations have a greater chance of success than a council resolution. Mike Wagenheim June 1, 2025
UN ‘mafia-like’ shakedown against independent aid delivery in Gaza, Israeli envoy says “Hamas knows if it loses control over the aid, it loses control over the people of Gaza,” Danny Danon told the United Nations Security Council. Mike Wagenheim May 29, 2025
Terror forces at work at UN while blood of Israeli embassy staffers ‘not yet dry,’ Danon says “The Security Council is meeting to condemn Israel,” the Israeli envoy stated. “This is a moral disgrace.” JNS Staff May 22, 2025
US ‘hopeful’ on Syrian progress on destroying chemical weapons, searching for missing Americans The Syrian government’s apparent progress ought to also “set expectations for what must come next,” a U.S. diplomat told the United Nations Security Council. Mike Wagenheim May 22, 2025
‘Psychological warfare’: Hostage father Ruby Chen calls on UN to act on hostage remains “The obligation to return the fallen is an ancient human conscience,” Danny Danon, the Israeli envoy to the global body, told the U.N. Security Council. Vita Fellig May 15, 2025
UN needs larger view on Middle East, Israeli envoy tells Security Council “Danger and opportunity walk side by side,” said Jonathan Miller, Israel’s deputy ambassador to the global body. Mike Wagenheim April 30, 2025
UN Security Council addresses Israeli airstrikes in Syria Jonathan Miller, Israel’s deputy envoy, stated that “our actions are guided not by ambition of expansion but purely by necessity, security and prevention.” Mike Wagenheim April 11, 2025
