General assembly

WATCH: Netanyahu poised to speak at UN General Assembly, address Iran war, nuclear program

Protests were reported outside the UN Headquarters against Netanyahu's presence at the gathering of world leaders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 26, 2025
President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly via pre-recorded video (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 24, 2026.

PA seeks non-militarized Palestinian state that lives in security, peace next to Israel, Abbas says

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian holds a memorial flyer for former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during his UN General Assembly address in New York, September 23, 2026.

Iran's Pezeshkian says unfair that Israel 'has' nuclear weapons while IAEA inspectors watch Tehran

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a meeting on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, US, September 22, 2026.

Trump expresses optimism on US-Iran deal during UN meeting with British PM Andy Burnham


How the UNGA earned applause and ensured the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will continue

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: France, Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar stripped this conflict of context, ignored Hamas’s role, and turned the UN into a stage for symbolism divorced from reality.

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen at the UN General Assembly.

The world should 'chip in with Taiwan' for global peace, prosperity - opinion

Taiwan’s economic strength and commitment to democracy make it a key global partner in the fight for peace and stability.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung.

50th anniversary of the Zionism-is-racism resolution - opinion

America, Israel, and the Jewish people should use this as an educational and ideological opportunity. 

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the United Nations Chaim Herzog addresses the General Assembly on November 10, 1975. ‘Zionism is... the Jewish people’s sense of origin and destination in the land, linked eternally with its name,’ he said.

Editor's Notes: US Jews reach consensus and are driven by shared purpose

The entire assembly was operating with a new sense of purpose. Instead of theoretical debates, they had concrete action plans.

 JEWISH GROUPS gather in Times Square to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2024. With candles, prayers, and music, commemorations for the October 7 attack began in Israel’s Tel Aviv on October 6 at a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas onslaught.

Netanyahu’s dilemma: Address the UN or stay at home amid risk of wider war - analysis

In the nine days since Netanyahu formally said he would be going to the UN General Assembly, the Middle East ground has shifted dramatically.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in an interrogation room (illustrative)

The alliance for global cooperation unites leaders for coexistence and interfaith relations


My Word: The UN’s jokes, tricks and disasters

The UN General Assembly passed no fewer than 15 resolutions targeting the Jewish state in 2022 – compared to 13 on the rest of the world combined.

 A TRANSLATOR works as Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2019.

On This Day: 75 years since UN vote to turn Palestine into Jewish, Arab states

In later years, the date would also become known as the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

 JEWS CELEBRATE in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine into two states.

Biden, Trudeau, welcome Lapid’s statement on the two-state solution

“I could not agree more,” the US President tweeted.

 Lapid welcomed US President Joe Biden to Israel in July.

Palestinian terror must stop ahead of holiday, Lapid tells Abdullah

“Israel will not stand idly by and will fight terrorism directed against it in all its forms, and will not allow harm to the security of its citizens,” Lapid said.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan, July 27, 2022