U.S. vetoes widely supported resolution backing full U.N. membership for Palestine

April 19th, 20240 NEW YORK – The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians have long sought and Israel has worked to prevent. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two...

The U.N. ‘sheriff’: Nikki Haley elevated Israel, damaged U.S. standing

October 22nd, 20180 The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, has made her post a “more glamorous” position than her predecessors — as President Trump described Haley’s 2-year term at the U.N., following her resignation announcement. We may never know the nature of Haley’s purported “glamour” at the U.N., but we certainly know that,...

Beating the U.S. ‘veto’: Palestinians need urgent protection from Israel

June 15th, 20181 What is taking place in Palestine is not a "conflict." We readily utilize the term but, in fact, the word "conflict" is misleading. It equates between oppressed Palestinians and Israel, a military power that stands in violation of numerous United Nations resolutions. It is these ambiguous terminologies that allow the likes of United...

U.N. Security Council mulls Saudi praise for Yemen aid pledge

February 16th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council is considering a British proposal to praise Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for pledging nearly $1 billion to ease Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, even as U.N. experts accuse a Saudi-led military coalition of using “the threat of starvation as an instrument of war” in...

Palestinian President Abbas to address U.N. Security Council amid U.S. tensions

February 2nd, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 20 during the body's monthly meeting on the Middle East amid tensions over the United States decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Since President Trump broke from decades of United States policy with his Dec....

Trump deepens America’s isolation

December 22nd, 20170 By Rashid Khalidi The brilliant diplomacy over Jerusalem of the self-proclaimed master deal-maker has produced a situation where it is now D. Trump vs. almost the entire world. And in the face of what is likely to be a sweeping defeat for the U.S., Trump and his minions are not taking the reluctance of the world to go along with his...

U.S. vetoes U.N. call for withdrawal of Trump’s Jerusalem decision

December 18th, 20170 UNITED NATIONS — The United States was further isolated on Monday over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital when it blocked a United Nations Security Council call for the declaration to be withdrawn. The remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the Egyptian-drafted resolution, which did not...