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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland briefs, over video conference, the Security Council on the 'Situation in the Middle East,' including the Palestinian question, on January 26, 2021. (Daniela Penkova/UNSCO/File)
October 14, 2023, 10:37 pm
Israeli envoy slams UN official: ‘Don’t forget to wash babies’ blood off your hands’
Gilad Erdan rages at Tor Wennesland for meeting with Iranian FM and shaking his hand following Hamas massacre of civilians
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian throws a stone at an armored IDF vehicle during a military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, July 3, 2023. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/ AFP)
July 4, 2023, 12:14 am
PA freezes all ties with Israel over Jenin raid, as US urges closer cooperation
Abbas calls for Palestinians to immediately halt contacts with Israeli side to protest ‘aggression’; US backs Israel’s defense against terror, urges avoidance of civilian deaths
By Jacob Magid and Alexander Fulbright
Mourners attend the funeral of Nachman Mordoff, 17, who was among four Israelis killed by two Palestinian attackers in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Shilo, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
June 28, 2023, 1:30 am
Security Council calls for accountability over spiraling West Bank violence
Press statement backed by all 15 members of top UN panel, though US only signed on after language watered down to be less critical of Israel, diplomat says
By Jacob Magid
Smoke billows from an Israeli helicopter strike during an army raid in Jenin in the West Bank on June 19, 2023. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
June 21, 2023, 11:10 am
‘Everyone will pay the price’: Arab nations, EU and UN pan deadly Jenin raid
Israel’s neighbors, international bodies blast Israel over operation, urge cessation of incursions into West Bank cities after 7 Palestinians killed, 8 soldiers wounded in clashes
By Michael Horovitz
Screen capture from video of a masked man using an axe to attack a Palestinian man in a car in the West Bank town of Huwara, March 6, 2023. (YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 8, 2023, 11:39 am
UN special coordinator condemns ‘appalling’ new settler attacks in Huwara
Palestinian family describes how settlers assaulted them in their car, with stones, pepper spray and an axe, before shots were fired
By ToI Staff
UN Ambassadors Vanessa Frazier of Malta, Lana Nusseibeh of the UAE and Permanent Palestinian Observer Riyad Manour during a press stakeout outside the UN Security Council in New York on February 28, 2023. (Screen capture/UN TV)
March 1, 2023, 10:42 pm
UN Security Council to continue engaging on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, envoys say
UAE ambassador says members received ‘concerning’ update on West Bank violence in private session, the third emergency meet since Netanyahu established government 2 months ago
By Jacob Magid
An aerial view of a scrapyard where cars were torched overnight in the Palestinian town of Huwara near Nablus in the West Bank, February 27, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
February 27, 2023, 9:10 pm
UN Security Council to hold 3rd emergency meet on West Bank violence since new gov’t
Top UN panel to hold private session on Tuesday at behest of UAE and Palestinians; no resolution or joint statement currently being planned
By Jacob Magid
A United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on February 20, 2023. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
February 20, 2023, 11:09 pm
UN Security Council pans Israeli settlements; Israel: US should not have signed on
After members bow to American pressure, withdraw resolution urging halt to settlement activity, they issue softer joint statement saying actions imperil prospects for 2 states
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: A UN Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 12, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
January 28, 2023, 3:12 am
Jerusalem attack unanimously condemned at UN Security Council session on conflict
Mideast envoy updates council members on ‘rapidly deteriorating situation’ after terror shooting, Jenin operation; US warns against backing Palestinian measures at UN
By Jacob Magid
Israeli forces fire tear gas to disperse Palestinian demonstrators during clashes near Ramallah on January 26, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
January 27, 2023, 1:14 am
UN Security Council to hold emergency meet following lethal Jenin sweep
Urgent closed-door session Friday requested by UAE, China and France as tensions snowball following IDF raid on northern West Bank city that left nine Palestinians dead
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
A man fires his gun into the air as Palestinians carry the body of one of the 9 reported victims killed during an Israeli raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, as they begin his funeral procession in the city of the same name on January 26, 2023. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
January 26, 2023, 6:37 pm
UN envoy ‘alarmed’ after deadly Jenin raid; PA calls for international intervention
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey and Arab League blast Israel for operation that killed 9, including a civilian; Hamas warns Israel will pay price
By ToI Staff and Agencies
UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland at a UN Security Council meeting in New York, November 28, 2022. (Video Screenshot/ UN; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 6, 2022, 3:10 pm
Foreign Ministry summons UN Mideast envoy over sympathy for Palestinian attacker
Tor Wennesland expressed ‘horror,’ offered ‘heartfelt condolences’ to family of Ammar Mifleh, who Israel says was shot dead by border policeman he fought with after stabbing attack
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A Border Police officer seeks to apprehend a Palestinian stabbing suspect in the northern West Bank town of Huwara on December 2, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)
December 3, 2022, 6:05 pm
UN Mideast envoy ‘horrified’ by killing of Palestinian stabber who wounded officer
Tor Wennesland sends ‘heartfelt condolences’ to family of Ammar Mifleh; Foreign Ministry: Envoy’s statement a ‘total distortion of reality’; Soldier: I stopped a significant attack
By Emanuel Fabian
UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland addresses the UN Security Council in New York on November 28, 2022. (Screenshot/ UN, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 28, 2022, 10:28 pm
UN Mideast envoy warns West Bank is ‘reaching a boiling point’
Tor Wennesland says expanding Palestinian population will soon make conflict unmanageable; US envoy also expresses concern, while criticizing UN’s ‘lopsided’ focus on Israel
By Luke Tress
Police and security personnel at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem, on November 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)
November 23, 2022, 6:14 pm
International community condemns Jerusalem bombings, US offers to aid terror probe
Canadian PM says he is ‘incredibly saddened’ to hear about killing of dual national Aryeh Schupak in attack; despite fraught ties, statements of support sent by Turkey, Ukraine
By ToI Staff
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