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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

Kelly Craft

American human rights lawyer John Clancey, center, is arrested by police in Hong Kong, January 6, 2021. (Apple Daily/AP)
January 7, 2021, 1:22 pm
Pompeo threatens China sanctions over mass arrests of Hong Kong rights activists
US secretary of state slams ‘Communist oppression,’ calls for immediate release of dozens including a US lawyer; Beijing says Trump administration staging ‘final madness’
By AFP
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a news conference at the US State Department in Washington, Sept. 21, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
January 5, 2021, 8:34 am
UN adopts $3.2 billion budget as US and Israel object over anti-Semitism claim
US envoy accuses global body of extending ‘a shameful legacy of hate’ by funding commemoration of 2001 racism conference that was ‘anti-Semitic and anti-Israel’
By Edith M. Lederer
Illustrative: United States ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, February 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
January 1, 2021, 12:20 am
2 to 167: Just Israel, US reject UN budget, over alleged bias against Jerusalem
Two allies object specifically to funding 20th-anniversary event for 2001 Durban conference, where motion equated Zionism with racism; $3.2 billion budget endorsed by 167 nations
By ToI Staff and AFP
US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft (L) meeting in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan. (Haim Zach/GPO)
December 24, 2020, 5:35 pm
Netanyahu says ‘many, many more’ Arab states to normalize ties with Israel soon
Hosting US envoy to UN Kelly Craft, PM says ‘a lot more’ deals to come, ‘perhaps a lot sooner than people expect’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: United States ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, February 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 23, 2020, 11:49 pm
US envoy to UN claims new Israel-Arab peace deal possible ‘in next day or two’
Kelly Craft says in interview that another Arab state is on verge of normalizing with Israel; says agreements show Iranian citizens that ‘people want peace’
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft listens as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the United Nations. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)
September 1, 2020, 2:53 am
US vetoes UN resolution on prosecuting, rehabilitating Islamic State fighters
Washington stands alone opposing resolution, saying it should have called for repatriation of fighters in Syria and Iraq in their countries of origin
By Edith M. Lederer
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council, August 20, 2020, at the United Nations. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)
August 25, 2020, 11:05 pm
UN Security Council rejects US demand to ‘snap back’ Iran sanctions
All 15 council members, except Dominican Republic, had informed body’s president that Trump administration’s action was illegal because US withdrew from JCPOA in 2018
By Edith M. Lederer
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council, with US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft, left, and US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, right, at the United Nations, August 20, 2020. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)
August 22, 2020, 2:53 am
US claims countdown to restoring Iran sanctions underway, dismissing opposition
White House claims ‘legal right’ to reimposing UN restrictions on Tehran, to take effect in 30-days, as both allies and foes call move illegal, doomed to failure
By Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee
(From L-R) UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan, US UN Ambassador Kelly Craft, US Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet in New York on August 21, 2020. (Ronny Przysucha/Israeli UN Mission)
August 21, 2020, 10:54 pm
Erdan meets with Pompeo, thanks him for push to reimpose Iran sanctions
Israel’s new UN envoy praises Washington-brokered UAE normalization deal, calls for altering UNIFIL mandate; meeting joined by US ambassador to UN and special envoy on Iran
By Jacob Magid
UNIFIL peacekeepers hold their flag, as they observe Israeli excavators attempt to destroy cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah, near the southern Lebanese-Israeli border village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon, December 13, 2019. (Hussein Malla/AP)
August 12, 2020, 1:03 pm
UN Security Council at odds over peacekeeping operation on Israel-Lebanon border
Israel, US want changes in UNIFIL’s mandate, up for renewal at end of month, to include greater capabilities, but most of the forum’s members back continuing as things are
By Agencies
Illustrative: The UN Security Council holds a meeting, at United Nations headquarters, November 20, 2019. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
June 6, 2020, 1:42 am
US circles proposal to extend Iran arms embargo among Security Council members
Russia has said Moscow will oppose any US attempt to extend the embargo, which expires on October 18, and reimpose UN sanctions
By AP
US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft delivers a statement to the press after a Security Council meeting on October 16, 2019 in New York City (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
June 6, 2020, 1:22 am
US still working to bring Palestinians to the table on peace plan, diplomat says
Amid Israel’s annexation push, envoy to UN Kelly Craft says Trump proposal ‘not set in stone,’ but ‘until we have dialogue, there’s going to be nothing’
By ToI Staff
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov at a press conference at the UNSCO offices in Gaza City, September 25, 2017. (Adel Hana/AP)
June 6, 2020, 12:23 am
UN seeks meeting of Mideast mediators on Israel-Palestinians as annexation looms
United Nations’ envoy to region wants urgent summit of so-called Quartet before Netanyahu moves ahead with partial West Bank sovereignty bid
By Edith M. Lederer
In this photo released on April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. (Sepahnews via AP)
June 5, 2020, 9:22 am
Russia defends Iran satellite launch against US opposition
Moscow’s ambassador to UN slams efforts to prevent Tehran from obtaining ‘peaceful space technology,’ calls US accusation that launch violated 2015 nuclear deal ‘misleading’
By Edith M. Lederer
US ambassador Samantha Power signals her country’s abstention in the Security Council vote on Resolution 2334, December 23, 2016 (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)
January 2, 2020, 11:40 pm
Why doesn’t the US try to repeal the UN’s anti-settlements resolution?
Washington no longer considers settlements illegal and vows to fight anti-Israel bias in international fora, but 3 years on, Security Council Resolution 2334 stands unchallenged
By Raphael Ahren
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