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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said perhaps Iran should be thanked for inspiring “this newfound bond.”
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft wrote that Israel “has no greater friend than the United States and the American people. Just as the sacred sites of Israel have endured, so, too, will our alliance.”
“We are all the sons of Abraham; we must sit to make peace, to exist together and make a better future together for the next generation,” said Morocco’s Ambassador to the United Nations Omar Hilale.
Experts in digitech, medtech and agtech joined for panels to discuss and identify how to best overcome global challenges, when innovation and technology will play even greater roles.
The language condemns the Jewish state for “repressive measures” against Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights and renews the mandates of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency.
Such resolutions usually see broad support but were opposed by Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Switzerland and Papua New Guinea, as well as other countries that in previous years had abstained.
The Norwegian government says it has “neither the right nor the duty” to prohibit Egencia, a subsidiary of blacklisted company Expedia, from providing services inside Norway.
Odelia Fitoussi, born with muscular dystrophy (SMA2), will become the first Israeli elected to the prestigious CRPD body.
“Israel demands a total rollback of Iran and its proxies from Syria and the removal of Iranian military infrastructure from Syrian territory,” says Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
The United States, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Nauru voted against the resolution.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls on the Lebanese government to allow full access for UNIFIL to all areas in southern Lebanon, as well as the ability to investigate Hezbollah tunnels.
“Just as it is not controversial for India to build homes in its capital, New Delhi, it should not be controversial for Israel to build homes in its capital, Jerusalem,” says human-rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky.
