3 days ago · JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional stability in the long term.. The order against the agency, known as UNRWA, went into effect at midnight ...

3 days ago · An agreement in 1967 between Israel and UNRWA recognised the UN Palestine relief agency and its General Assembly-mandated tasks serving Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank. With the new legislation that, in effect, cancels that agreement, Israel continues to be responsible as the occupying power, including for all public services. ...

3 days ago · Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said it might take Israel days or weeks to enforce the laws to the letter, noting that “the curtain won’t fall all at once.” ...

Issues relating to the State of Israel and aspects of the Arab–Israeli conflict, and more recently the Iran–Israel conflict, occupy repeated annual debate times, resolutions and resources at the United Nations.

Sep 18, 2024 · The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied...

Sep 18, 2024 · United Nations members voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to demand that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months. The resolution was adopted in the UN General...

Oct 2, 2024 · The United Nations has called Israel’s ban on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres entering the country a political statement by its foreign minister and stressed that the world body’s contacts with Israel will continue “because they have to.”

Jul 19, 2024 · The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation...

Sep 18, 2024 · The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a nonbinding resolution on Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory” within a...

4 days ago · With only two days before Israel outlaws operations on its soil of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday took up the issue at a meeting ...