United Nations

...construction. Netanyahu also was expected to discuss with Obama a United Nations report that accuses Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing possible war crimes during an Israeli offensive this year. Calling the...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, United States, Israel, Middle East, E mail, White House, and North America

...what negotiations are for. It's a better alternative than the recent proposal from Abbas's allies for the United Nations to declare Palestinian statehood, which Netanyahu rightly rejects as a unilateral move. And it's certainly a better...

In this article: West Bank, United States, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas, and Gaza

...the winter. They need good water and sanitation systems." The UN has lobbied Israel for months to allow in materials that would allow it to complete construction projects worth $80m. Mr Gaylard said the organisation had repeatedly promised...

In this article: Gaza, Israel, UN, Eid al-Adha, Hamas, Cattle, Sheep, God, and Abraham

His personal standing, too, has suffered, most recently when he foolishly bowed to US and Israeli pressure and agreed to delay a vote on a UN report that accused Israel and Hamas of war crimes during the December Gaza offensive. Forced...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, US, Yasser Arafat, Hamas, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, and Washington

...peace if it can't defend itself." The U.N. report, compiled by a team led by former war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone, accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. It specifically accused Israel of...

In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, U.N., Richard Goldstone, Hamas, Human Rights Council, Jerusalem, and Ban Ki Moon

...and collective duties." The flyers accuse the Liberals of participating in the 2001 United Nations conference on racism in Durban, South Africa, which was controversial because of open anti-Semitism on display. The Conservatives also...

In this article: Irwin Cotler, Peter Kent, Peter Milliken, Israel, Tories, Pierre Poilievre, and Michael Ignatieff

On Tuesday, the United States accused Iran of violating a U.N. arms embargo by secretly sending the weapons aboard the "Francop" - a merchant ship flying the flag of Antigua and destined for the Syrian port of Latakia. Israel has...

In this article: Israel, Iran, Hezbollah, Polyethylene, Hamas, U.N., and Isfahan

...communities. They accuse the Liberals of participating in the 2001 UN racism conference in Durban, South Africa, which the pamphlets describe as overtly anti-Semitic, and of supporting terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. The flyers go...

In this article: Stephen Harper, Hezbollah, Hamas, Israel, Durban, Michael Ignatieff, Thomas Mulcair, and UN

...Hamas. "Without repair, winter winds and rain will render damaged homes uninhabitable," Maxwell Gaylard, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories, said before touring a smashed up Gaza neighborhood. "The winter...

In this article: Gaza, U.N., Israel, Hamas, Gaza Strip, and Palestinian militants