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Palestinians wave their national flag as they demonstrate near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of Jabaliya, on May 14, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
May 23, 2018, 12:44 pm
Israel lost the PR battle over Gaza. Was it unwinnable or just mismanaged?
The IDF spokesperson is taking heavy flak for his handling of last week's border clashes; some say he's a scapegoat
By Judah Ari Gross
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech during an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome on March 15, 2018. . (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
May 22, 2018, 10:36 pm
UN chief urges Lebanon’s Hezbollah to halt military activity
Antonio Guterres says it's a 'fundamental anomaly' for political party to have armed force 'that has no accountability' to state
By Agencies
Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, speaks on the floor of the General Assembly on December 21, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
May 20, 2018, 1:27 pm
Israeli envoy urges UN Security Council to reject Arab-backed Gaza resolution
Danny Danon says Kuwait's 'dangerous' document condemning Jerusalem and calling for international force in the Strip 'only reinforces Hamas's terror regime. Do not lend it a hand'
By TOI staff and Agencies
A Palestinian woman holding her national flag looks at clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018 (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
May 18, 2018, 6:11 pm
Kuwait pushes Security Council resolution to send int’l force to protect Gazans
Israel slams cynical effort to 'distort reality' and to support 'Hamas war crimes'; US would veto move if it comes to a vote
By TOI staff and 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)
May 18, 2018, 10:19 am
Kuwait urges international force on Gaza border
Israel expects UN Security Council draft resolution to be vetoed by US, calls proposal 'cynicism' and 'distortion of reality'
By TOI staff and AFP
A Palestinian boy holding his national flag looks at clashes with Israeli security forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
May 16, 2018, 2:06 am
State Department: Hamas using embassy move as excuse for violence
Washington says protests along the Gaza border are 'nothing new,' being fueled by terrorist group in an 'irresponsible choice'
By TOI staff and Agencies
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaking at a UN Security Council meeting concerning the violence at the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, at United Nations headquarters, May 15, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
May 15, 2018, 9:33 pm
Haley to UN: ‘No country would act with more restraint than Israel’
US ambassador says Gaza border clashes have no connection to embassy move, slams international community after Security Council holds minute silence for Palestinians killed
By TOI staff and Agencies
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a press conference in Sydney, October 28, 2017. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
May 15, 2018, 8:16 am
Australian PM: Hamas is to blame for Gaza deaths
Terror group 'pushing people to the border,' Turnbull says; Canberra also calls on Israel to avoid excessive use of force
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinians run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. (AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS)
May 15, 2018, 2:16 am
US quashes Security Council call for probe of Gaza deaths
Body to hold emergency meeting Tuesday; UN statement would have expressed 'outrage at killing of Palestinian civilians exercising their right to peaceful protest'
By AFP
A girl raises a Palestinian flag as another Palestinian boy holds a wooden key symbolizing the return, as they stand with others before the barbed-wire marking the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 13, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
May 14, 2018, 12:13 am
Israel demands UN condemn Hamas’s use of children, civilians as human shields
Danny Danon writes to Security Council warning terror group is in breach of international law; vows 'Israel will take all necessary steps to ensure safety of our citizens'
By TOI staff
Danny Danon briefs journalists on January 25, 2018. (UN/Loey Felipe)
May 11, 2018, 12:45 am
Israel demands UN condemn Iran barrage as Guterres calls for calm
UN chief urges 'halt to all hostile acts'; Security Council members say no emergency meeting likely after cross-border exchange
By Agencies
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini addresses a press conference during a Foreign Ministers meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
May 10, 2018, 11:32 pm
EU, British PM back Israel’s right to defend itself from Iranian strikes
UN secretary general urges 'immediate halt to all hostile acts and any provocative actions' as Security Council members refuse to call emergency meeting
By AFP and TOI staff
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrive for a meeting at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
May 9, 2018, 3:26 pm
The UNSC okayed Abbas’s damage control
If you write Jews out of their own history in the Middle East, then what kind of partner for peace can you be?
By Daniel S. Mariaschin
The UN Security Council meets on April 14, 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP/ HECTOR RETAMAL)
May 5, 2018, 3:27 pm
Germany vows to support Israel if it gets on UN Security Council
Berlin says Israel's decision to withdraw candidacy 'is a further incentive for us to stand up for the interests and safety of our Israeli friends'
By Agencies and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas (C) chairs a Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah on April 30, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
May 5, 2018, 2:45 am
US fails to win UN backing for statement criticizing Abbas
Kuwait objects to motion, arguing that PA president has apologized for saying that Holocaust was not caused by anti-Semitism, but rather by Jews’ 'social behavior'
By AFP and TOI staff
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