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“This is a good sign. … India was the first country to support us amongst the Asia group,” said Maya Kadosh, deputy chief of mission at the Israel embassy in India.
Israeli diplomat Anat Fisher Tsin was elected to serve in the coming year as deputy chair of the U.N. Economic and Financial Council.
“It is time to face the reality that the UNRWA model has failed,” said U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt. “Palestinians in refugee camps were not given the opportunity to build any future; they were misled and used as political pawns.”
Voting against the measure were the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary and, of course, Israel.
Israeli minister Gil Erdan blasts U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis after he tweets his thanks to Hezbollah deputy chief Gen. Naim Qassem for “an open and substantive discussion.”
E.U. foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini said they seek to “identify possible incitement to hate and violence and non-compliance with UNESCO standards regarding peace and tolerance in education.”
“Let’s stop pretending that settlements are what is keeping the sides from a negotiated peaceful solution,” said U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt. “This farce and obsessive focus on one aspect of this complicated conflict helps no one.”
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said the four pillars for Israel’s existence are: “the Bible, history, international law, and the pursuit of international peace and security,” in that order.
In January, Israel accused Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy with a stronghold in Lebanon, of digging what it labeled as the “longest and most detailed” border tunnel the Jewish state has yet discovered.
Nikki Haley may be a tough act to follow, but those who know Kelly Craft say she works hard, doesn’t seek personal glory and has the president’s back.
The newest editions of the textbooks do not mention “Israel” even once; instead, the Jewish nation has been replaced with the “Zionist Occupation.”
The two nations claim more than 300 square miles of waters, in which disputes over the past year centered on gas fields in the conflict area.
