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Danny Danon

Ambassador Danny Danon is a senior member of Knesset and chairman of World Likud. He previously served as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, minister of science and technology and deputy minister of defense.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, May 25, 2021. Credit: Flash90.

The perils of a ‘revitalized’ Palestinian Authority

Any government that does not renounce terrorism and accept Israel’s right to exist will only perpetuate the conflict.

Danny Danon

Apr. 21, 2024

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather in front of the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, the site of the opening plenary of the Jewish National Fund-USA annual conference, Nov. 30, 2023. Photo by Carin M. Smilk.

Confronting antisemitism’s global surge

I call on all public figures who stand with Hamas to resign from their positions and retire from public life.

Danny Danon

Dec. 10, 2023

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking at a press conference in New York City, Dec. 9, 2020. Photo: Lev Radin/Shutterstock

The UN secretary-general should retract or resign

António Guterres’s moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas was neither moral nor just.

Danny Danon

Nov. 6, 2023

“New York Times” columnist Thomas L. Friedman discusses “The Divide Between Order and Disorder,” Sept. 16, 2014. Credit: Chatham House Photo via Flickr/Wikimedia Commons.

An open letter to Thomas Friedman

Your latest article declaring that “Israel’s government is not normal” crossed a critical line.

Danny Danon

Sep. 13, 2023

Joseph Danon, father of former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. Credit: Courtesy

Grieving together for our fallen heroes

This Remembrance Day, we will stand united as one grieving people.

Danny Danon

Apr. 25, 2023

The E.U.-funded illegal Palestinian outpost of Khan al-Ahmar, in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, with Israel Route 1 in the background. Credit: Regavim.

We must act now to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar

The law must be applied equally to both Jews and Arabs alike.

Danny Danon

Jan. 23, 2023

Abbas once again set to demonize Israel as he pushes Palestinian propaganda at the UN

It is time for the international community to end its appeasement of the PA and its support of terror.

Danny Danon

Sep. 15, 2022

A panorama of Jerusalem. Credit: JekLi/Shutterstock.

An open letter to President Biden on his planned visit to eastern Jerusalem

A visit to Palestinian Authority institutions in Israel’s capital will damage peace prospects rather than encourage them.

Danny Danon

Jul. 7, 2022

The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: U.N./Jean-Marc Ferré.

The UN Human Rights Council’s latest report on Israel is diplomatic terrorism

The investigators should be investigated for their own crimes.

Danny Danon

Jun. 14, 2022