UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked his visit to Israel Tuesday by insisting that the loss of civilian life on both sides of the Gaza escalation was “unacceptable under any circumstances”, and he sought to lead international mediation efforts.
Argentina's president said Tuesday she has asked for a meeting with Iran over a 1994 terror attack in Buenos Aires that killed more than 80 people at a Jewish association in 1994, for which her country blames Tehran.
Prime minister tells UNGA red lines don't lead to war, but prevent war; says Iran will back down when boundaries are placed on its uranium enrichment; puts faith in US-Israeli cooperation on issue
“As the Prime Minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, I am working in every way so that Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in an unusual letter to the Israeli public before leaving for New York, to address the UN General Assembly hours after Yom Kippur.
Human rights activists have slammed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his attendance at a summit of the 120-member Non Aligned Movement which opened on Sunday in Tehran, Iran.
Israeli leaders have responded with outrage to the "politically-motivated" decision by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to place Jesus’ birthplace in the Palestinian authority-led West Bank territory of Bethlehem on an endangered list.
Israeli Foreign Ministry officials believe the aim of Obama administration pressure is to postpone the probe until at least after the presidential elections in November.