Riyad Mansour

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki speaks during a press conference at the International Criminal Court on May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

May 10, 2019, 10:19 am

Palestinian FM says US seeking to renew ties ahead of peace plan’s unveiling

But Riyad al-Malki stresses Washington ‘will not find a single Palestinian to accept’ its deal if it does not provide for a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

By TOI staff and Agencies

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters, January 22, 2019. (AP/Richard Drew)

May 7, 2019, 10:24 pm

PA asks EU, Russia to counter Trump plan, warns it could resort to demographics

Abbas’s UN envoy asks international community to preserve two-state solution; if not, Palestinians will ‘accelerate their reproduction machines’

By Agencies

Kuwait's Ambassador to the United Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi, left, talks to Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour at the start of a UN Security Council meeting, May 15, 2018 in New York. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

February 14, 2019, 1:46 am

Israel rejects UN Security Council visit to West Bank

Envoy Danny Danon says the planned trip was a Palestinian propaganda initiative

By Edith M. Lederer

January 29, 2019, 7:39 am

Blaming US veto, Palestinian envoy says UN membership bid on hold

Riyad Mansour argues that Palestinians should not need to negotiate for independence, but says they could come to the table ‘if conditions are right’

By AP

Posters showing Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas with a text reading “Eliminate the sponsers of murder” on the side of the road near the West Bank settlement of Geva Binyamin, December 11, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

December 12, 2018, 7:17 pm

Palestinians to protest to Security Council over ads calling for death of Abbas

Envoy says letter urging international community to take action to be circulated, after posters appear across West Bank showing PA leader’s head in crosshairs

By Adam Rasgon

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addresses the chamber after he was sworn in for a second four-year term in Cairo, June 2, 2018. (Egypt’s presidency media office via AP)

November 13, 2018, 11:33 pm

Egypt still working to convince Israel to accept ceasefire, PA envoy says

Cairo calls on Jerusalem to halt military action in Strip — a step it so far appears to have taken since rocket attacks were halted

By Agencies and TOI staff

B’Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad, left, next to Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour, at a session of the UN Security Council, October 18, 2018. (Courtesy UN WebTv)

October 18, 2018, 7:40 pm

At UN, B’Tselem chief blasts Israel; envoy calls him a ‘collaborator’

Head of dovish human rights group urges Security Council to act against Jewish state, which he compares to apartheid-era South Africa

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour addresses the UN General Assembly, October 16, 2018 (UN webtv)

October 17, 2018, 12:56 am

Defying US, UN gives ‘Palestine’ extra rights so it can head major bloc in 2019

General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to grant additional powers to Ramallah for 12 months of its presidency of 134-nation Group of 77; Israel, US and Australia opposed

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinian Authority ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour, left, speaks to reporters while Palestinian minister of foreign affairs Riyad al-Maliki looks on following a meeting in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

September 27, 2018, 7:52 am

As Trump readies peace plan, Palestinians hold NY meet to push an alternative

Ramallah unimpressed with Trump’s support for two-state solution, says ‘there is nothing new about it’; foreign dignitaries from 40 countries attend PA confab

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY)

September 20, 2018, 2:44 am

Abbas to hold meeting with ministers, diplomats in New York

Palestinian leader will meet with group of 30 officials on September 26, a day before he addresses the UN General Assembly

By AFP

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin speaks at the 15th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

August 27, 2018, 7:11 pm

Minister urges prosecution of Arab MK ‘traitors’ who seek UN censure of Israel

Yariv Levin calls for AG to take legal action against lawmakers said to be acting against nation-state law; Joint List MKs deny charges, but slam outcry against them

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Arab Israelis carry banners during a demonstration to protest against the nation-state law in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2018. (AFP/ Ahmad GHARABLI)

August 26, 2018, 10:30 pm

Arab MKs said working with PA to condemn Israel at UN for nation-state law

Combined effort intended to ‘sully Israel and damage its image’ ahead of next month’s UN General Assembly, with comparisons to apartheid

By TOI staff

The Palestinian flag is raised outside UN Headquarters in New York during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly on September 30, 2015 (Raphael Ahren)

July 25, 2018, 2:47 pm

In first, ‘Palestine’ to head bloc of 134 nations at UN

Palestinians to preside over the Group of 77, largest’s coalition of developing nations; Israeli envoy laments it will become ‘a platform for spreading lies and incitement’

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour addresses the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday May 15, 2018 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

July 19, 2018, 2:00 am

Palestinians protest US denial of visas for experts at UN meeting

Envoy says Israel ‘complicated’ efforts to bring officials to summit on UN goals for 2030, by refusing them access to US Consulate in Jerusalem

By Edith M. Lederer

June 9, 2018, 3:01 am

Palestinians turn to UN General Assembly to condemn Israel over Gaza deaths

Non-binding vote set for Wednesday following US veto in the Security Council; Danon slams countries ‘looking to satisfy their domestic political needs by bashing Israel’

By AP and TOI staff