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L: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 24, 2026. R: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to the press in July 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
October 7, 2026, 12:38 pm
Is Netanyahu’s beef with Mamdani helping him politically?
Experts say PM, facing tough reelection campaign, has painted himself as a bulwark against a New York City mayor who is an icon of global anti-Israel sentiment
By Eliav Breuer
Attendees watch as the six candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General position debate at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, on July 23, 2026. (Leonardo MUNOZ/AFP)
September 17, 2026, 3:01 am
Critics say upcoming UN Durban commemoration whitewashes antisemitic 2001 conference
Anti-racism gathering marred by antisemitism and Hitler support to be reaffirmed later this month for 25th anniversary, drawing pushback from Israeli and US missions
By Luke Tress
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council at UN headquarters, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 13, 2026, 7:03 pm
Israel expects ‘intense’ protests during Netanyahu UN trip after Mamdani called for rallies
Israeli ambassador to United Nations says mayor should ‘focus on his tasks’ in the city, also announces launch of antisemitism task force
By Luke Tress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
September 9, 2026, 6:07 pm
Netanyahu planning quick trip for UN speech to defy Mamdani over arrest threat — envoy
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, notes General Assembly falls in middle of Jewish holidays, election period, but says it’s ‘important’ that the PM attend, if only for 24 hours
By Edith M. Lederer
Migrants run from Spanish police officers after crossing from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)
August 1, 2026, 10:38 am
Israel’s UN envoy sparks Spain spat with accusation of ‘colonial enclaves’ in Africa
Danon’s criticism over Ceuta migrant crisis fuels conspiracy theories accusing Jerusalem of helping orchestrate incursion and draws a rebuke from Israel’s ambassador in Madrid
By ToI Staff
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States at City Hall in New York, July 3, 2026. (Anna Connors/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
July 22, 2026, 6:53 am
Mamdani admits he lacks power to arrest Netanyahu, after repeated pledges to do so
New York City mayor reneges on campaign promise, saying he ‘doesn’t have the independent legal authority’ to cuff Israel’s premier
By Luke Tress
Former hostage Rom Braslavski attends a press conference in the Knesset, calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, on May 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2026, 7:48 pm
‘Have fun in hell’: IDF kills Islamic Jihad man who held Rom Braslavski hostage, abused him
Talel Abd al-Aal is one of three senior terror operatives confirmed killed by the IDF in the past week, along with another top PIJ commander and a Hamas arms smuggler
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
A building at the United Nations International School in New York is seen in a video published December 16, 2022. (Screen capture: Youtube/United Nations International School)
June 20, 2026, 10:18 am
Swastikas, hate speech reportedly printed in NYC UN-affiliated middle school yearbook
New York’s UN International School, which serves diplomats’ children, says it seized yearbooks and is probing incident, which Israeli parent says is part of a ‘deep-seated problem’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of UN Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee, 2025. (United Nations)
June 2, 2026, 3:01 pm
At UN Security Council, envoys blame Hezbollah for Lebanon violence, pan Israeli response
Assistant secretary-general says Israel’s push into northern neighbor violates UN resolution, as does Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm; France holds terror group, Iran responsible for fighting
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, on May 20, 2026. (Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
May 29, 2026, 1:21 am
Israel cuts ties with UN chief for adding IDF to war-zone sexual violence blacklist
Jerusalem fumes over ‘shameful,’ ‘baseless’ placement on same list as Hamas; UN claims it verified 31 cases of abuse against male and female Palestinian detainees over past 3 years
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon points toward the Iranian delegation during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on February 28, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
March 1, 2026, 8:34 am
US, Israel defend strikes on Iran as lawful at heated UN Security Council meeting
Islamic Republic’s ambassador calls death of civilians amid joint attack a crime against humanity; US counterpart trades barbs over regime’s mass killing of protesters last month
By AP and Jacob Magid
A screen displays the voting results approving a draft resolution in support of lasting peace in Ukraine during the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Ukraine at UN Headquarters in New York, on February 24, 2026. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
February 25, 2026, 12:52 am
Israel backs United Nations vote voicing support for Ukraine, as US abstains
Israeli ambassador to UN says Jerusalem and Washington ‘each have their own calculations’; FM Sa’ar announces 117 power generators will be sent to Kyiv region
By AFP and Lazar Berman
A boy sits outside the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building complex in Gaza City on September 6, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 13, 2026, 11:05 pm
UN chief threatens to refer Israel to World Court over laws targeting UNRWA
In letter to PM, Guterres says legislation violates obligations under international law; UN envoy Danon says UN chief threatening Israel instead of dealing with terror in agency
By Reuters
UN vehicles escort a destroyed truck reportedly used by UNRWA workers that was fired upon by Israeli forces, as it is carried by a trailer vehicle along Gaza's main Salah al-Din road outside Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on October 23, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
December 13, 2025, 5:36 am
UN backs ICJ declaration that UNRWA isn’t infiltrated by Hamas; Israel denounces vote
Head of Palestinian welfare agency hails ‘strong endorsement’ from General Assembly; US slams ‘unserious and biased’ resolution, condemns UNWRA as ‘a Hamas subsidiary complicit in Oct. 7’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour (L) greets French President Emmanuel Macron (C) as he arrives for a United Nations Summit on Palestinians at UN headquarters during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 22, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
September 23, 2025, 2:58 am
France leads group of European nations recognizing Palestinian state at UN summit
Macron and others recognize Palestine in defiance of US and Israel, which says two-state solution ‘off the table’ after Oct. 7; Abbas insists PA prepared to govern future state
By Jacob Magid
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