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Israeli envoy to the UN Ron Prosor addressing the UN Security Council, November 11, 2014. (Courtesy of the Israeli Mission to the UN)
January 6, 2019, 1:02 pm
New Right said looking to enlist former UN envoy Prosor
Former diplomat says he’s ‘not yet decided whether to enter politics’; scandal-plagued ex-general Gal Hirsch also reportedly approached to join new party
By TOI staff
During the Israel Summit at Harvard, retired NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire (left) is interviewed by HBO sports correspondent Jon Frankel, April 8, 2018 (courtesy: Max August)
April 9, 2018, 1:32 pm
Harvard students tout Israel’s global impact at high-profile summit
The brainchild of eight undergrads, Sunday’s event highlights the Jewish state’s ‘uplifting narratives’
By Matt Lebovic
Natan Sharansky, left, head of the Jewish Agency, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the latter's Jerusalem office, June 18, 2013. (Kofi Gideon/Flash90/via JTA)
March 6, 2018, 12:15 pm
Netanyahu said to seek extension in hunt for new Jewish Agency head
PM’s preferred candidate reportedly turns down offer; Natan Sharansky to step down from position in three months
By TOI staff
The voting results are displayed on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly in which the United States declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was declared "null and void" on December 21, 2017 in New York City. The vote, 128-9, at the United Nations concerned Washington's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocate its embassy there. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
December 22, 2017, 9:31 am
After UN vote, tabloids make lemons into Kool-ade
The UN may have voted overwhelmingly to condemn Trump for recognizing Jerusalem, but some see the number of abstentions as reason to celebrate
By Joshua Davidovich
President of the UN General Assembly Miroslav Lajcak, left, with Vice President of the UN General Assembly Danny Danon, who is Israel's ambassador to the global body. (Foreign Ministry)
September 13, 2017, 7:20 pm
Israeli envoy to preside over UN General Assembly when Netanyahu delivers speech
Danny Danon takes up post as vice president of global body’s main policy-making and deliberation forum
By Stuart Winer
An Israeli Navy ship during a major exercise held in the Red Sea off the coast of Eilat, March 2016. (IDF spokesperson)
September 2, 2016, 7:42 pm
Can Israel become a maritime power?
A commission of former Israeli and American navy admirals and policymakers is calling for the Jewish state to take a far greater role in securing and administering the Eastern Mediterranean, so the US doesn’t have to
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Emergency workers inspect the scene of a deadly crash in southern Israel on February 3, 2015 (Shalom Ben Tzur/Zaka Spokesperson)
January 27, 2016, 8:30 pm
UN committee grants ZAKA consultative status
Bid by Israeli emergency rescue service unanimously approved after three failed campaigns in previous years
By Tamar Pileggi
UN chief Ban Ki-moon, left, and Israeli envoy Ron Prosor casting their sins into Turtle Bay on September 21, 2015. (Gemma Manalese)
September 22, 2015, 12:57 pm
UN tosses sins into river in first-ever Tashlich ceremony
WATCH: At Jewish pre-Yom Kippur service, Israeli envoy calls on world body to ‘reestablish role as temple of peace’
By Joshua Davidovich
Police use stun grenades to disperse Palestinian demonstrators in a street of the Muslim quarter in Jerusalem's Old City during scuffles with Israeli riot police on the Temple Mount on September 15, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/ THOMAS COEX)
September 19, 2015, 6:43 am
US Jewish group pans UN’s ‘one-sided’ Temple Mount critique
Conference of Presidents deplores Security Council’s ‘denial and denigration’ of Jewish ties to Jerusalem holy site
By TOI staff
Palestinians shout slogans in front of Israeli security forces who block a street leading to the Temple Mount, in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, on September 15, 2015. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
September 18, 2015, 6:54 am
Security Council ‘gravely concerned’ over Temple Mount violence
UN calls for calm, restraint at holy site as Israeli forces brace for more unrest after Friday prayers
By AP and TOI staff
Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor delivers his final speech at the United Nations on September 11, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)
September 12, 2015, 1:34 am
Israel’s outgoing UN envoy ‘felt like I was on 1 vs. 100 game show’
Ron Prosor slams world body for unfairly singling out Israel, says it’s ‘toothless’ in resolving Mideast conflicts
By Tamar Pileggi
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Executive Committee of the PLO in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on September 1, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
September 11, 2015, 1:11 pm
Abbas: Palestinians now want flag ‘over occupied Jerusalem’
PA president thanks countries that voted for banner to fly at UN HQ; Israel’s UN envoy derides ‘political showmanship’
By TOI staff and AFP
Illustrative photo of a protester holding up a Palestinian flag (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
September 3, 2015, 10:15 pm
United Nations set to back Palestinian flag-raising
Palestine’s envoy says it has votes to back bid; Israeli ambassador urges UN chief to block move
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a protester holding up a Palestinian flag (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
September 1, 2015, 9:23 pm
Israel fights Palestinian flag-raising at UN
Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor says initiative to fly banner alongside 193 member states at upcoming summit is provocation
By AFP
Israeli envoy to the UN Ron Prosor addressing the UN Security Council, November 11, 2014. (Courtesy of the Israeli Mission to the UN)
August 22, 2015, 8:00 am
Israel to UN: Condemn Iran, Syria for rocket fire
Israeli envoy hits back after Ban calls on both sides to show restraint, says attacks a ‘blatant violation’ of Security Council resolutions
By TOI staff
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