Danny Danon

Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties’

Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged on Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive, according to an affidavit filed in US District Court in Mississippi.

TEXT MESSAGES between the arson suspect Stephen Spencer Pittman and his father during the attack on Jan. 10, 2025.
US ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz (L) and Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon (R) before a UN Security Council meeting to consider a US proposal for a UN mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza at the UN headquarters, New York, November 17, 2025.

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland

 Members of the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border, as they stand on the roof of a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023.

UN spends approximately $100 million in funding to target Israel yearly, new report shows

On of the assailants grabs a Jewish man on a train.

Video shows Jewish man assaulted on NYC train, Danny Danon labels it 'deeply disturbing hate crime'


UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Israel cooperate with UNRWA

A vote of 139 member nations passed the resolution. Only 12 countries voted against the resolution, and 19 others abstained.

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

Gazan activist: Hamas hid tons of baby formula for months to manufacture starvation crisis

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib reveals footage of Hamas hiding baby formula in Gaza during the hunger crisis. Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemns Hamas for using civilians' suffering for political gain.

 Palestinians gather to collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution center of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2025.

President Herzog meets with US's UN ambassador Walz to discuss Israel-Gaza peace implementation

The meeting, which Israel’s UN representative Danny Danon was also present for, took place at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

Mike Walz, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations met with President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

‘This is significant’: Danon says Waltz’s Israel visit reflects Washington’s commitment to region

“Ambassador Waltz chose Israel and Jordan in order to better understand the on-the-ground realities.

Mike Waltz and UN Ambassador Danny Danon observe at the US military base in Kiryat Gat on November 9, 2025.

Waltz in Israel signals a new order for Gaza as UNRWA wins big General Assembly vote - analysis

Waltz’s first major foreign trip since taking office is more than a symbolic gesture; it is the operational rollout of the Trump administration’s Gaza plan.

Mike Waltz and UN Ambassador Danny Danon observe at the US military base in Kiryat Gat on November 9, 2025.

Family of slain Gaza hostage Ran Gvili met with US UN ambassador to discuss return efforts

During the meeting, Ambassador Waltz affirmed the US’s obligation to ensure the completion of the return of all hostages taken during Hamas’s brutal October 7 massacre. 

US UN ambassador Michael Walz meets with Talik and Itzik Gvili, the parents of slain Gaza hostage Ran Gvili, Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon, and Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch.

Mike Waltz receives warm welcome in Israel as he takes new role as US ambassador to UN

Mike Waltz crossed into Israel for his first visit as the US Ambassador to the UN, following his visit to Jordan.

US Ambassador Mike Waltz meets with Danny Danon as the American official tours Israel.

UNGA calls for Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights in approved resolution

Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said that the vote proved how the General Assembly was "detached... from reality."

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025.

US envoy to UN Mike Waltz to make first visit to Israel in December

Waltz will meet senior government and security officials, tour border areas, and receive regional briefings at the invitation of Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon.

US Ambassador to United Nations Michael Waltz speaks with Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, at UN headquarters in New York, US, November 17, 2025.

Lapid to bring Trump's Gaza peace plan to Knesset vote in bid to 'embarrass' Netanyahu

In a statement, Lapid noted that "we support President Trump and strengthen his hand in the efforts to implement the stages of the plan."

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks before a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Israeli, Palestinian UN envoys spar as Mansour accuses Israel of seeking ceasefire collapse

In addition to accusations of ceasefire noncompliance in Gaza, Mansour also alleged Israel has exercised policies "aimed at undermining the PA politically, financially, and militarily."

Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, addresses a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, March 18, 2025.