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U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images.
Trump reimposes ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran, withdraws from UNRWA, UNHRC
“It’s very tough on Iran,” the president said of the order. “Hopefully we are not going to have to use it very much.”
Andrew Bernard
Feb. 4, 2025
Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip via the coastal al-Rashid Road as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel, Jan. 27, 2025. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Trump is right about letting Palestinians leave Gaza 
Keeping descendants of the 1948 refugees in place is about perpetuating a futile war on Israel. They should be allowed to flee Hamas rule and seek better lives elsewhere.
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jan. 27, 2025
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, speaks at a press briefing about the U.N Relief and Works Agency on Oct. 10, 2024. Credit: Manuel Elías/U.N. Photo.
UNESCO mum on whether it will offer its fact-checking training to UN officials
A source familiar with the Israeli mission to the United Nations wasn’t aware of the U.N. agency offering the course to officials at the global body.
Mike Wagenheim
Dec. 8, 2024
Peacekeepers from Italy serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) on a foot patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces along the Blue Line in south Lebanon, July 11, 2024. Credit: U.N. Photo.
The United Nations and ICC are at war with Israel
If defending your country and its citizens from sexual violence, beheadings and kidnapping is now considered a war crime, then the term means nothing.
Jake Donnelly
Nov. 28, 2024
Star of David. Credit: Pixabay.
WJC announces new tech institute and report on AI-fueled Holocaust denial
“We’ll provide strategic guidance, research insights and a moral voice rooted in Jewish perspectives,” Yfat Barak-Cheney, the project’s inaugural director, told JNS.
David Swindle
June 20, 2024
Saint Catherine's Monastery with Willow Peak, traditionally considered Mount Horeb, or Mount Sinai, in the background. Credit: Joonas Plaan/Wikipedia.
Christians more interested than Jews in location of Mount Sinai, at center of Shavuot holiday
“Mount Sinai loses its meaning after the revelation,” said Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on New York City’s Upper East Side. “There’s no religious value attached to it.”
Sarah Ogince
June 5, 2024
Panoramic aerial view of Erfurt, the capital of the German state Thuringia. Credit: Diego Grandi/Shutterstock.
UNESCO lists several medieval Jewish sites in Erfurt, Germany
The sites are the second Jewish ones in Germany to be designated on the Wold Heritage List, which recognizes places of “outstanding universal value.”
Oct. 5, 2023
The Land of Israel Caucus, Regavim and Binyamin regional leaders held an “emergency tour” of biblical Jericho, Sept. 3, 2023. Photo by Regavim.
UNESCO: Jericho ruins a ‘World Heritage Site in Palestine’
The Tell es-Sultan site contains prehistoric ruins dating back to the ninth millennium BCE.
Sept. 18, 2023
UNESCO resolutions have denied Jewish historical ties to the Western Wall (pictured) and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Credit: Larisa Sklar Giller via Wikimedia Commons.
UNESCO vote highlights continued UN bias against Israel
Biden should reconsider his decision to rejoin the U.N. cultural organization, and Congress should block funding.
Peter Hoekstra
Sept. 12, 2023