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‘Shameful, far-fetched, completely detached from reality,’ Erdan says of UN head’s Jenin comments – JNS.org
(July 7, 2023 / JNS) Two days after Israel completed a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin—during which it seized bombs, guns and hundreds of thousands of shekels in terror funds—António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, blamed the Jewish state solely for using excessive force. The U.N. Read more » »
Amid stark disagreement, UN postpones antisemitism meeting – JNS.org
(June 12, 2023 / JNS) The United Nations was supposed to convene a meeting with Jewish leaders and global antisemitism envoys next week in Cordoba, Spain to unveil its plan to combat antisemitism. It has postponed that meeting, amid stark disagreement over the contents of the draft plan. Read more » »
More than 30 countries boycott UN ‘Nakba’ Day – JNS.org
“Palestinian ‘Nakba’ Day pushes an odious narrative that promotes more conflict, not peace,” according to B’na’ B’rith International. (May 15, 2023 / JNS) In a seemingly never-ending war of narratives, the Palestinians got center stage on Monday at the United Nations, though Israel was victorious in dwindling the audience down. Read more » »
‘Appalled’: US, Israel, Jewish groups slam UN official for past antisemitic rhetoric
Officials from Israel and the US on Wednesday decried antisemitic comments by a UN Palestinian rights investigator, with some questioning whether she should remain in her position. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Co-Sponsors Visit of Ambassadors to Israel
(Washington, D.C., July 22, 2021)–B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International, along with the American Zionist Movement (AZM) and the International March of Read more » »
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Outlines Priorities for Israel at World Body and Ties with U.S. in Live Discussion Hosted by B’nai B’rith
(Washington, D.C., April 19, 2021)—In a live online discussion with B’nai B’rith today, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, discussed pervasive anti-Israel bias within U.N. bodies, the threat posed by Iran, the enduring alliance between the U.S. and Israel and ways to combat global anti-Semitism. Read more » »
