UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay. Photo: UNESCO/C. ALIX

After the U.S., Israel Withdraws from UNESCO

December 31, 2017January 2, 2018 RMN News Audrey Azoulay, Israel, UNESCO

The Israeli Government has officially notified the Israel’s withdrawal from UNESCO effective on 31 December 2018. “I regret this deeply,

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel brief the press in Jerusalem. Photo: Shlomi Amsalem

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António Guterres Pledges to Fight anti-Semitism

August 29, 2017August 30, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Semitism, UN

Reiterating his commitment to fighting anti-Semitism, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that

Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu at the Community Reception Programme, in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 05, 2017 (file photo)

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What Was Modi’s Gift to PM Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel?

July 6, 2017July 7, 2017 RMN News Benjamin Netanyahu, India, Israel, Narendra Modi

The Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi presented PM of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu replicas of 2 sets of relics

An Israeli Security Forces vehicle lights a gate in the security fence that separates farmers in the Biddu enclave from their land in the Seam Zone, which is the land between the 1949 Armistices Line and the West Bank Barrier. UN Photo: Alaa Ghosheh / UNRWA Archives

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Time to Establish an Independent Palestinian State: UN Chief

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Palestine, UN

Marking 50 years since the start of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, which resulted in Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territory,

Construction workers in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Such Israeli settlements have expanded in recent years. UN Photo: Annie Slemrod/IRIN

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Israel Urged to Halt Illegal Settlements in West Bank

February 4, 2017February 6, 2017 RMN News Illegal, Israel, Settlements, West Bank

A United Nations human rights expert has called on the Security Council and the General Assembly to explore effective diplomatic

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New Israeli Settlements in Palestine Are Impediment to Peace: Trump

February 3, 2017February 4, 2017 RMN News Donald Trump, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Settlements

By Rakesh Raman Earlier, as the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had criticized United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution about the