United Nations
“I am excited to work by your side to tackle global challenges such as climate change and racism, widen the circle of peace in the Middle East, as well as deepening the U.S.-Israel relationship at the United Nations,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
The campaign, spearheaded by UNICEF’s Gaza and West Bank branch, is aimed at putting the Israel Defense Forces on the list of child-rights abusers published annually by the U.N. Secretary-General, says the watchdog group.
UN Watch executive director spoke about anti-Semitism and COVID-19, the U.S. decision to rejoin the U.N. Human Rights Council and the treatment of the Uyghurs in China.
“The purpose is to fill that gap by providing the first-ever examination of claims made under Item 7, and to provide a detailed analysis, citing to sources of fact and international law,” said researcher and writer Dina Rovner.
For now, it will act as an observer state, where it will participate in negotiations and partner with allies to introduce resolutions.
Ahead of the second annual Palestinian Child Soldier Week, the Coalition to Save Palestinian Child Soldiers questioned why the “global leader in children’s rights“ has treated the situation as a “minor issue.“
A U.K.-based war monitor group reports that the alleged Israeli strikes targeted “several military positions,” and militias associated with Hezbollah and the Syrian Resistance for the Liberation of the Golan.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield assured that the Biden administration will work to prevent Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon.
“Iran does not try to hide its intention of destroying the world’s only Jewish state. Spreading anti-Semitism, denying the Holocaust and even proposing legislation calling for Israel’s destruction by the year 2041,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
Gilad Erdan takes over from Ron Dermer and will represent Israel both in the United States and the United Nations.
Along with the Islamic Republic, Niger, Libya, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan and Zimbabwe also had their voting rights revoked by the international body.
Foreign-policy expert Eytan Gilboa fears that Israel’s detractors may up the pressure on the Jewish state to again see “an avalanche of disproportionate, ridiculous anti-Israel resolutions.”
