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Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 10, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Hezbollah launched rocket ’20 meters’ from UN compound

IDF Chief of Staff on Lebanon border: “This must end with a very clear change” • IDF kills new Shejaiya Hamas battalion commander.

December 10, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2009. Photo by Remy Steinegger.

Netanyahu calls Putin amid worsening ties with Russia

The Israeli prime minister expressed "dismay" about anti-Israel positions taken by Russian representatives at the United Nations and other international fora.

December 10, 2023

The U.N. Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East. Photo by Loey Felipe/U.N. Photo.

Jerusalem hails US veto of Security Council truce resolution

"Israel will continue our just war to eliminate Hamas and achieve the other goals of the war that we have set," said the Israeli premier.

December 10, 2023

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Source: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield via Twitter.

US threatens to withhold UN veto unless Israel ups Gaza aid, fuel

"The Cabinet's priority is to continue the ground operation in the Strip, even if it means meeting U.S. demands for the supply of fuel and aid."

Shirit Avitan Cohen

December 8, 2023

Sheryl Sandberg, former CEO of Facebook, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, 2011. Credit: Jolanda Flubacher via Wikimedia Commons.

Sheryl Sandberg: UN silence ‘unacceptable’ for Israeli women, all women

The technology entrepreneur and philanthropist spoke with JNS at the United Nations, where she addressed a capacity audience at an event about Hamas’s sexual crimes.

December 5, 2023

Hamas rockets found hidden among boxes of UNRWA relief supplies in northern Gaza, Dec. 2, 2023. Credit: IDF Spokesperson.

Rockets under relief supplies raise questions about UNRWA

Released hostages says UNRWA teacher held him captive.

December 3, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets on Dec. 1, 2023 in Dubai with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Credit: Courtesy.

At UN summit, Herzog meets with Brazilian, Emirati, Indian, Qatari, UK leaders

The Israeli president was in the United Arab Emirates to attend the COP28 U.N. Climate Conference.

December 1, 2023

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in Saint Petersburg during an interview with Russian TV, June 1, 2017. Credit: Truba7113/Shutterstock.

Mass. hate-crime task force member calls Jews ‘Nazis,’ police investigate Tree of Life threat

Antisemitic incidents roundup, Nov. 29-Dec. 1

David Swindle and Menachem Wecker

December 1, 2023

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan, in his first address to the Security Council, Oct. 26, 2020. Source: Facebook/Gilad Erdan.

Israel’s UN envoy assails calls for permanent truce with Hamas

“Every call for a cease-fire means Hamas gets to live to see another day,” Gilad Erdan tells the Security Council.

November 30, 2023