(JTA) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, hosted a reception for the 64 countries that voted against or abstained from voting on a resolution condemning President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The “Friends of the U.S.” reception was held Wednesday night in New York at the U.S. mission to…
(JTA) — To thank the 65 countries that did not support a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s position on Jerusalem, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley invited her counterparts from those states to a festive reception. Haley extended the invitation Thursday, hours after a resolution condemning Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital passed…
More than 100 countries defied President Donald Trump on Thursday and voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted in favor. His warning did appear to…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.N. human rights chief said an Israeli military probe that cleared troops of any wrongdoing in the death of a paraplegic Palestinian protester was “insufficient.” Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the world body’s high commissioner for human rights, said “facts” gathered by his staffers strongly suggest that excessive force was used against Ibrahim…
NEW YORK (JTA) — The United Nations General Assembly will hold an emergency session on President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, according to a Palestinian official. The main representative organ of the U.N., which includes all 193 of the international body’s members, is holding a rare emergency meeting on Thursday…
The United States was further isolated on Monday over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital when it blocked a United Nations Security Council call for the declaration to be withdrawn. The remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the Egyptian-drafted resolution, which did not specifically mention the United States or…
He holds a senior position in the Trump administration and has made a name for himself as one of the most successful political consultants, yet Jon Lerner, manages to steer clear from the spotlight. Currently serving as America’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, under Nikki Haley, Lerner, 49, was recently described in a New…
It is this time of the year again. On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), launched a year-long campaign for the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants on Human Rights. The victims of human rights violations in the world must be sighing in relief at this good…
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