UN Security Council

Why ICC going after Smotrich is a bigger deal than going after Netanyahu - analysis

Without major changes in Israeli policy, the arrest warrant against Smotrich could be Israel's darkest legal hour, with cascading consequences the likes of which cannot be foreseen.

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike that destroyed a residential building in Gaza City, September 6, 2025

Trump's Gaza board reports funding 'gap', urges quicker disbursement

The UN Security Council has recognized the board, though many major powers have not joined Washington's main Middle Eastern allies and some middling and smaller states in signing up.

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Members of the United Nations Security Council vote during at a United Nations Security Council meeting on a Hormuz resolution at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 7, 2026.

US-proposed Iran resolution at UN faces likely vetoes from China, Russia

A Chinese veto would be awkward ahead of US President Donald Trump's trip to China next week, where the Iran war is likely to be high on the agenda.

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Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

US, Bahrain push UN-backed action for Hormuz as Rubio urges against vetoes

Diplomats said Washington hopes to close negotiations quickly, with the aim of circulating a final draft by May 8 and holding a vote early next week.

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Turkey voices support for Lebanon amid Israeli attacks

Turkey denounces Israel's strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon as Ankara warns of regional chaos as Erdogan demands action to halt the Gaza war and cross-border conflict.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024ByREUTERS
Workers unload an aid shipment from Turkey, at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon September 25, 2024

Finland's Stubb calls for UN Security Council reform amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

Finland's President calls for UN Security Council reform, veto abolition, and suspension of members in 'illegal wars'

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024ByREUTERS
Finland's President Alexander Stubb attends the European Political Community meeting at the Blenheim Palace near Oxford, Britain July 18, 2024.

B'Tselem's Yuli Novak: 'Israeli gov't aims to promote Jewish supremacy over entire territory'

In a debate between Novak and UN Ambassador Danny Danon, Danon called on the Council to "issue a clear and unequivocal condemnation of the barbaric terrorist organization."

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon at the UN Security Council on September 4th 2024

After 11 months, UNSC to convene Wednesday for official discussion on the hostages

"It is a disgrace that it has taken the Council 11 months and the brutal execution of six hostages by Hamas terrorists to finally convene this discussion," he added.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the UN Security Council vote on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip, December 22, 2023.

‘Kabul is Harboring Terrorists’: Rise of IS-KP in Afghanistan ‘greatest external threat’

A senior UN official warns that IS-KP, based in Afghanistan, poses a growing global threat, highlighted by recent deadly attacks in Russia and Iran.

AUGUST 13, 2024ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Gaza ceasefire 'still possible' before leaving office, Biden says

The US president also confirmed during the interview that he was encouraged to drop out of the race due to concerns on his health and age.

AUGUST 11, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Joe Biden speaks to the press at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, August 1, 2024.

'Israel crossed a red line': Iran FM rallies Russian, Islamic counterparts

Bagheri emphasized "that the Zionist regime has crossed the red line" and said that the "Islamic Republic of Iran has a legitimate right to defend itself."

AUGUST 2, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

Hezbollah, Lebanon, or Iran: Who should bear the brunt of Israel’s response? - analysis

The choices – diplomacy or waging war against Hezbollah, Lebanon, or Iran – are not mutually exclusive.

JULY 28, 2024ByHERB KEINON
IDF reveals that the Iranian 'Falaq-1" rocket which was fired at Majdal Shams by Hezbollah.

‘We live under constant existential fear': Conversation with a Syrian Druze activist

30-year-old Druze activist A recounts how regime gunmen disperse peaceful protest with gunfire.

JULY 22, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
Druze anti-regime demonstrations in Suwayda.

Yaffa Ben-David escorted out of UNSC after calling for release of hostages from Hamas

Lavrov, who was chairing the meeting because Russia is the council president for July, responded: "I don't understand, speak more clearly."

JULY 17, 2024ByREUTERS
Yaffa Ben-David, Secretary-general of Israel Teachers Union, is escorted out of the United Nations Security Council in New York for holding up an image of Hamas hostage Ohad Yahalomi.