Danny Danon

'Moral absurdity': US, Israel outraged as Iran elected as Vice-Chair of UN Charter Committee

Upon the announcement, Israel’s representative Noam Cappon immediately objected, calling the Iranian regime “the world’s leading state sponsor and the largest proliferator of terrorism.”

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour addresses a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Israel-Hamas War at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, August 27, 2025.

Palestinian UN representitive submits candidacy for General Assembly president

Palestine is currently considered a non-member state of the UN and a Permanent Observer with a standing invitation to participate in sessions, rather than a legitimate member state.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaks at the conference "Cartography of a Genocide", on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

Francesca Albanese expected to speak at Al Jazeera Forum alongside Hamas leader, Iran's FM - report

Albanese is listed on Al Jazeera's site as a speaker during the forum's third session on its first day, during a panel titled: "The Palestinian Cause in a World Moving Toward Multipolarity."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Holocaust survivor Sarah Weinstein speaks at the UN General Assembly.

Holocaust survivor gives speech in Hebrew for first time in history at UNGA Holocaust Remembrance

"For the first time, a testimony was heard here in Hebrew. Silence in the face of anti-Semitism is a moral failure," said UN ambassador Danny Danon.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, IDAN KWELLER

Right calls for new military campaign as IDF searches for Huwara shooter

Likud MK Danny Danon called for the shops along Route 60, which goes through Huwara, should be closed down despite many of them having loyal Israeli customers.

AUGUST 20, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, August 19, 2023

Restraining order filed after man placed barbed wire outside Danon's home

Frankel is documented to have multiple times blasted music outside the family home.

JULY 11, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israelis protest against Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the house of MK Danny Danon (Likud), in Raanana, March 26, 2023.

Israelis tout Accords in Morocco, clash with Iranians and Palestinians

Delegations from countries that have no diplomatic relations with Israel such as Iraq, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iran participated in the annual event.

JUNE 15, 2023ByBEN RAAB
Representatives of the UAE, US, Israel, Bahrain Morocco and Egypt at the Steering Committee of the Negev Forum, June 27, 2022.

Ben-Gvir threatens to quit Israeli government over response to Gaza rockets

Otzma Yehudit to boycott Knesset votes as tensions with Likud heat up • Likud: If Netanyahu's decisions are unacceptable to Ben-Gvir, he can leave gov't

MAY 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELIAV BREUER
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a press statement during a party meeting in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, May 3, 2023

Likud MK: Israel must clamp down on terror at all costs - opinion

Likud MK Danny Danon: It is Israel’s duty and responsibility to our people to clamp down on terror at all costs so that no more innocent lives are needlessly taken.

APRIL 17, 2023ByDANNY DANON
DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant listens to Rabbi Leo Dee at the Dee family’s shiva at their home in Efrat, on Thursday

Should Israeli politicians vote with their conscience over party? - opinion

Amid the battle cry of saving our democracy from what is called the autocratic or dictatorial endgame of this judicial reform plan, there is an ongoing argument about the very essence of democracy.

MARCH 20, 2023ByDAVID JABLINOWITZ
MK YULI Edelstein (right) presides over a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at which National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefed committee members on the affairs of his ministry, last month.

Israeli MKs from coalition, opposition call for judicial reform compromise

Those that signed it were Likud MKs Yuli Edelstein and Danny Danon as well as two opposition parliamentarians from the National Unity Party Gadi Eisenkot and Chili Tropper.

MARCH 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli opposition MKs are seen putting on Israeli flags in the Knesset plenum ahead of a planned vote on judicial reform, in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023.

Herzog judicial reform proposal stalls as Likud MKs express loyalty

In a press conference on Monday, Lapid urged certain Likud members not to support the judicial reform.

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Danny Danon and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Entire coalition signs bill to block High Court ruling, reappoint Deri

Likud MK Danny Danon reportedly was the only MK who did not initially agree to sign the bill immediately but then eventually signed as well.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri at a party meeting, in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

Netanyahu must raze Khan al-Ahmar despite int'l pressure, Likud MKs say

The High Court of Justice ruled in 2018 that the structures in Khan al-Ahmar could be razed but this never ended up happening.

JANUARY 23, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Likud MKs Yuli Edelstein and Danny Danon visit the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank on January 23, 2023.