Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the organization, are able and willing to carry out those obligations. What is "peace-loving"?Peace...
How does a country become a U.N. Member?Membership in the United Nations, according to Chapter II, Article 4, Section 1., of the United Nations Charter "is open to all....peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the .....Charter and,...
By Uriel Heilman, JTA, NEW YORK
• Published August 17, 2011
On Sept. 20, when the annual session of the U.N. General Assembly opens, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to ask U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present a Palestinian request for statehood recognition to the U.N. Security...
I recently spent two weeks in Israel. Although things are quite good economically and day to day, this is a moment of very serious concern.The most immediate issue is a likely Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), and request for admission...
WASHINGTON — The United States will not participate in the United Nations-sponsored Durban III conference this September, the State Department said. In a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Joseph Macmanus, acting assistant secretary of state...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published June 1, 2011
Remember the tension a couple of weeks ago between Israel and the United States? That was all about avoiding tension between Israel and the rest of the world. That's what Obama administration officials are telling Jewish officials looking ahead to September,...
They said Bibi was different this time, that he had changed, grown, matured. They said he better understood the world stage, his place in history. The truth? We're not so sure. We don't in any way doubt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intentions,...
By Uriel Heilman, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published May 25, 2011
President Barack Obama knew he had some damage control to do when he took the podium before thousands of Israel supporters on Sunday morning at the opening plenary of the annual AIPAC conference. But he wasn't offering any apologies for his speech three...
In Texas Hold ‘Em parlance, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has gone all in. In his Monday opinion piece in the New York Times, Abbas has said to the world that the future of Israel doesn't matter one iota. In essence, he's proven that...
How you perceive South African Judge Richard Goldstone's recent opinion piece in the Washington Post probably depends on who you see when you look in the mirror.If you're a closed-minded, "defend Israel and the Israeli government no matter what" sort,...
With Richard Goldstone himself admitting that the infamous Goldstone Report was critically flawed, this is the best opportunity we have had in two years to bring to light the misconceptions of Operation Cast Lead.In his April 2 op-ed in The Washington...
By Dina Kraft, JTA TEL AVIV
• Published April 13, 2011
Unless Israel acts fast, when the Arab Spring comes to full bloom, the Jewish state will be left out in the cold.That was the essence of the dire warnings issued last week by the high-profile backers of a new Israeli peace push who say they seek to propel...
