December 26, 2016
1:23 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) talks with US President Barack Obama at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Menahem Kahana)

Breaking down a diplomatic dust-up

Who’s to blame for the UN resolution? Some papers eye Obama, others point the finger at Netanyahu

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 26, 2016
1:21 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May gestures as she delivers a keynote address on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, central England, on October 5, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS)

UK ‘disappointed’ Netanyahu scotched planned meet with May

Deputy ambassador Tony Kay says UN anti-settlement resolution was ‘sufficiently balanced’ to warrant London’s support

By Raphael Ahren

December 26, 2016
6:00 am

US President Barack Obama (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 9, 2015. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Official: ‘Rather ironclad’ intel shows Obama behind UN vote

Citing Arab and Western sources, Netanyahu spokesperson says anti-settlement resolution ‘a deliberate push by the United States’

By Times of Israel staff

December 26, 2016
4:24 am

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East on December 16, 2016. (UN/Manuel Elias)

New Zealand Jews urge Israel to keep embassy open after UN vote

Following recall of ambassador over Security Council anti-settlement resolution, local community ‘hopes no further action is taken’

By JTA

December 25, 2016
9:20 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to curtail working ties with Security Council nations

PM orders cabinet members to minimize visits to countries, deny ambassadors access to Foreign Ministry

By Times of Israel staff

December 25, 2016
9:02 pm

Senegal government spokesperson Seydou Gueye, November 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)

Senegal defends its UN Israel settlement vote

Spokesman says his country has supported Palestinian rights since 1975, international community and Muslim nations salute its stance

By AFP

December 25, 2016
6:34 pm

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinians deny Israel scaling back ties over UN vote

Defense minister’s directive to limit cooperation after anti-settlement resolution is making no difference on the ground, PA officials say

By Avi Issacharoff

December 25, 2016
2:54 pm

Palestinian protesters dressed as Santa Claus during a demonstration against Israel's security wall in Bethlehem, on December 23, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/FLASH90)

In doleful West Bank, UN vote brings little cheer to Palestinians

Measure unlikely to have meaningful impact on daily life in West Bank, and growing despondency may give way to violence or other drastic actions

By Avi Issacharoff

December 25, 2016
12:20 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 25, 2016. (AFP/POOL/Dan Balilty)

Netanyahu summons envoys of UN resolution backers, upbraids Obama

PM calls in US envoy for ‘clarification’; Foreign Ministry rousts 10 ambassadors for Xmas morning scoldings; PM accuses White House of initiating and helping draft anti-settlement measure

By Raphael Ahren

December 25, 2016
6:00 am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas congratulates Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa (R), apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, during the Christmas Midnight Mass in Saint Catherine's Church at the Church of the Nativity, on December 25, 2016 in Bethlehem, West Bank (AFP Photo and Pool/Musa Al Shaer)

Abbas welcomes UN resolution, calls on Israel to talk peace

Addressing Christmas dinner in Bethlehem, PA president says vote condemning settlements provides ‘legal basics’ for solution

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

December 25, 2016
5:19 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (left) in the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem on September 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Top minister urges annexation over anti-settlement vote

With Netanyahu reportedly set to announce new West Bank construction, Erdan decries UN’s ‘hypocrisy and shamelessness’

By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren

December 25, 2016
2:54 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 71st UN general assembly debate at the UN headquarters in New York City, on September 22, 2016 (Amir Levy/FLASH90)

UN punctures Netanyahu’s theory that settlements are a non-issue

As PM continues to hail Israel’s improving foreign relations, Friday’s crushing defeat at the Security Council reveals a less-rosy picture

By Raphael Ahren

December 25, 2016
1:15 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meeting at the Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Prime Minister's Office)

Trump: UN’s Israel vote will make peace talks ‘much harder’

President-elect takes second jab at the Security Council anti-settlement resolution, which he calls a ‘big loss’ for Israel

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

December 25, 2016
12:35 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with MK David Bitan in the Knesset plenum, November 18, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Outpost bill ‘back on the table’ after UN anti-settlement vote

Controversial legislation, previously delayed until Obama leaves office, could be brought to a Knesset vote in the coming weeks

By Raoul Wootliff

December 24, 2016
10:52 pm

Volodymir Groysman. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)

PM cancels visit of Ukrainian PM after Kiev supports anti-settlements resolution

Volodymyr Groysman, who became Ukraine’s first Jewish PM earlier this year, was due in Israel on Tuesday for two-day trip

By Raphael Ahren

Topic: UN Security Council

Breaking down a diplomatic dust-up

Who’s to blame for the UN resolution? Some papers eye Obama, others point the finger at Netanyahu

UK ‘disappointed’ Netanyahu scotched planned meet with May

Deputy ambassador Tony Kay says UN anti-settlement resolution was ‘sufficiently balanced’ to warrant London’s support

Official: ‘Rather ironclad’ intel shows Obama behind UN vote

Citing Arab and Western sources, Netanyahu spokesperson says anti-settlement resolution ‘a deliberate push by the United States’

New Zealand Jews urge Israel to keep embassy open after UN vote

Following recall of ambassador over Security Council anti-settlement resolution, local community ‘hopes no further action is taken’

Netanyahu said to curtail working ties with Security Council nations

PM orders cabinet members to minimize visits to countries, deny ambassadors access to Foreign Ministry

Senegal defends its UN Israel settlement vote

Spokesman says his country has supported Palestinian rights since 1975, international community and Muslim nations salute its stance

Palestinians deny Israel scaling back ties over UN vote

Defense minister’s directive to limit cooperation after anti-settlement resolution is making no difference on the ground, PA officials say

In doleful West Bank, UN vote brings little cheer to Palestinians

Measure unlikely to have meaningful impact on daily life in West Bank, and growing despondency may give way to violence or other drastic actions

Netanyahu summons envoys of UN resolution backers, upbraids Obama

PM calls in US envoy for ‘clarification’; Foreign Ministry rousts 10 ambassadors for Xmas morning scoldings; PM accuses White House of initiating and helping draft anti-settlement measure

Abbas welcomes UN resolution, calls on Israel to talk peace

Addressing Christmas dinner in Bethlehem, PA president says vote condemning settlements provides ‘legal basics’ for solution

Top minister urges annexation over anti-settlement vote

With Netanyahu reportedly set to announce new West Bank construction, Erdan decries UN’s ‘hypocrisy and shamelessness’

UN punctures Netanyahu’s theory that settlements are a non-issue

As PM continues to hail Israel’s improving foreign relations, Friday’s crushing defeat at the Security Council reveals a less-rosy picture

Trump: UN’s Israel vote will make peace talks ‘much harder’

President-elect takes second jab at the Security Council anti-settlement resolution, which he calls a ‘big loss’ for Israel

Outpost bill ‘back on the table’ after UN anti-settlement vote

Controversial legislation, previously delayed until Obama leaves office, could be brought to a Knesset vote in the coming weeks

PM cancels visit of Ukrainian PM after Kiev supports anti-settlements resolution

Volodymyr Groysman, who became Ukraine’s first Jewish PM earlier this year, was due in Israel on Tuesday for two-day trip

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