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WATCH: UN Security Council calls urgent meeting to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies

The session, initiated by the British Foreign Secretary, comes less than a week after the Israeli government reopened land registration in Area C for the first time since 1967.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, US, September 26, 2025.
An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

US, 40 partner countries, hold symposium to implement UNSC regulations against Iran

A woman waves a flag as demonstrators take part in a protest under the slogan 'Greenland is for Greenlanders' in front of the US Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14, 2026.

Denmark refuses to consider its own two-state solution, yet preaches one for Israel - opinion

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Iran accuses Trump of inciting violence, threatening sovereignty in UN letter


UNSC members: Israeli-Palestinian talks must be based on pre-1967 lines

‘The two-state solution, with Jerusalem as the future capital for both states, is the only way to ensure sustainable peace and stability in the region,’ the six EU nations said

The UN Security Council

Raising awareness on Iran or enjoying losing dismally?

What is the point of calling a second, dramatic public vote in less than two weeks if the US knows it will lose and lose badly?

The United Nations Security Council, February 28, 2020

Should Washington pursue a snapback of sanctions on Tehran?

The UN’s arms restrictions are tied to Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the nuclear deal with Iran.

IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD troops board a helicopter flying over the British-flagged tanker ‘Stena Impero’ near the Strait of Hormuz last year.

Iran says US humiliated by rejection of UN arms embargo extension

In a televised speech, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that "the great success was that the United States was defeated in this conspiracy with humiliation."

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2020

UN Security Council to start talks on US bid to extend Iran arms embargo

Council veto-powers Russia and China have already signaled their opposition to the move.

The United Nations Security Council, February 28, 2020

UN Security Council to hold open-door discussion on annexation

The meeting was initially set to take place in a closed-door setting; Danon: “Just as any other country cannot annex its own land, Israel cannot annex land that already belongs to her.”

The United Nations Security Council, February 28, 2020

New UNSC members not expected to tilt balance of power for Israel

Ambassador Danny Danon tells ‘Post’ that the new members will join UNSC in 2021, while a significant diplomatic battle around Israeli sovereignty could happen as early as next week.

The United Nations Security Council meets about the situation in Venezuela in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 26, 2019

Did Putin save Israel from Obama at UN, and why are we hearing this now?

Regardless of whether one believes Netanyahu’s side or Obama administration alums, there is still the question of why this story is coming out now, 3.5 years after Trump came into office.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

US: Security Council must enforce Hezbollah disarmament, strengthen UNIFIL

Both Israel and the US want to see the peacekeeping mission's powers strengthened to properly monitor Hezbollah activity against the Jewish state.

US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft

US envoy to return UN sanctions on Iran if arms embargo not extended

US special envoy for Iran, Brian Hook, confirmed the strategy two weeks after a US official, speaking on condition anonymity, said the United States had told Britain, France and Germany of its plan.

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