Tag: U.N
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Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel’s parliament voted Monday to ban the operations of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, the main humanitarian aid agency operating in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement on the legislation reiterating the accusations that UNRWA employees are involved in terrorist activities in the region. An investigation by the U.N. Office…
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Harrowing images emerge from northern Gaza as U.N. warns of ‘nonstop’ Israeli strikes
A paramedic with Gaza’s Civil Defense said displaced Palestinians had been hit by artillery shells while trying to escape Israeli strikes, with NBC News video showing some of those killed and wounded being brought to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. But even some who managed to escape Israel’s offensive in the north and head…
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U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon will not give in to Israeli demand to ‘get out of harms way’
With tensions simmering after several incidents over the past week, the United Nations has insisted it will not withdraw its peacekeepers from southern Lebanon despite repeated demands by Israel for them to move out of the area where its military is operating against the Hezbollah militant group. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL)…
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Joe Biden says Israel should stop strikes on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon
The Iranian president’s latest stop in a diplomatic drive aimed at blunting Israel’s promised attacks was a meeting today with Russian President Putin in Turkmenistan. “Relations with Iran are a priority for us,” the Kremlin said, as it released video of the two leaders together. “We work together actively in the international arena, and our…
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Netanyahu lashes out at U.N. and defends Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly faced an international community from which he has become deeply isolated amid international condemnation of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and the military’s fresh escalations in Lebanon. Netanyahu opened his speech before the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York on Friday by saying he had not planned…