UN Security Council

West plans to push IAEA board to find Iran in breach of duties, diplomats say

The last time the board took the step of formally declaring Iran in breach of its safeguards obligations was in September 2005.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.
 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2025.

UN's Guterres pledges new role for hostage situations, says Gaza needs 'flood' of aid

 Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025

Medic survived Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, Palestinian Red Crescent says

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

UN Security Council to discuss returning hostage bodies to Israel for the first time


'Aid will no longer reach Hamas,' Danny Danon says during UNSC debate

“Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped and tortured our citizens," Danon said.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question, in November.

The RFK Jr. I know: An American patriot, and a dear friend of Israel - opinion

In March 2025, RFK referred to student protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza as 'antisemitism' and the product of 'woke cancel culture.'

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

US deems Albanese unfit to serve as UN Special Rapporteur due to 'virulent antisemitism'

"Her reappointment would show the UN tolerates antisemitic hatred and support for terrorism," the letter concluded.

 Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 26, 2024.

Israel's new Gaza offensive: What's different this time - analysis

Is the change in the White House the primary difference?

 IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visits Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. March 18, 2025.

'I know what it's like to be left behind,' Noa Argamani tells UN Security Council

Argamani attended the UN Security Council meeting at the invite of Israel's UN permanent representative Danny Danon.

 Freed hostage Noa Argamani speaks at President Isaac Herzog's residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024

'Our children deserve more': Ambassador Danon slams UNSC silence over Bibas children

"Colleagues, perhaps you have forgotten about little Kfir Bibas, but I promise you, we haven't," Israel's envoy to the UN said.

 Israel's ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City. November 25, 2024.

US envoy arrives in Israel to try sealing Hezbollah ceasefire

The diplomacy aims to end a conflict that has inflicted massive devastation in Lebanon since Israel went on the offensive against Hezbollah in September.

 U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon November 19, 2024.

Palestinians pressing UN Security Council to call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

The UN says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is horrifying, and calls for an end to the war.

Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine to the UN, Riyad Mansour attends a United Nations Security Council meeting about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 4, 2024.

Ex-IDF air defense chief Kochav to 'Post': How to solve drone problem - exclusive

After several months of delay, Gallant tries to fast-track new drone defense ‘within months.’

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left), Director General of the IMoD, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir (center), inspectin new Israeli drone technology, October 15, 2024.

'Iran's blood-stained hands': UN Amb. Danon says Israel has no desire to occupy Lebanon

"We all know the ending of this conflict. Hezbollah will be pushed back north of the Litani River,” Danon said.

 Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, in his first Security Council address since returning to the position, August 23, 2024.

Danon to UNSC: PA's failure to control terror in West Bank shows it can't be trusted with Gaza

Danon continued, accusing the PA of protecting Hamas instead of confronting them and encouraging terrorism through "pay to slay."

 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon at the UN, September 24, 2024.