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.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
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

Somaliland hopes that recognition by Israel will encourage other nations to follow suit, increasing its diplomatic heft and access to international markets.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
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

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told The Jerusalem Post that the figure reflects a network of UN bodies, committees, and mechanisms structurally embedded in the organization’s budget.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
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'

“This is a deeply disturbing hate crime targeting young Chabad men on a train in New York, whose only act was sharing the light of Hanukkah,” Danon posted on X/Twitter along with the footage.

|BySAM HALPERN

Grapevine December 8, 2023: It ain’t over till it’s over

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 9, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY President Dr. Ari Berman with singer-songwriter Ishay Ribo.

Israel is not doing enough in its war with Hamas - Danon

"The goal of the war is very simple: Bring the hostages back and defeat Hamas," says former Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon.

DECEMBER 4, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon in conversation with Tamar Uriel-Beeri

Israeli minister calls for widespread Palestinian emigration to West

Bezalel Smotrich responded to an op-ed by two MKs telling the world it is their "moral imperative to demonstrate compassion" and help Gazans attain a more prosperous future.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Palestinians use a donkey-drawn cart to flee north Gaza to move southward, as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the enclave, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip November 12, 2023.

Israeli ambassador criticized for wearing yellow star at UN

"We were deeply saddened to witness members of the Israeli delegation to the UN donning yellow badges," Dayan stated on Tuesday.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN, GADI ZAIG
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addresses the United Nations Security Council as the Council meets to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., February 20, 2023.

50 Influential Jews: Danny Danon - No. 25

Will the chairman of World Likud be the next party leader?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud MK Danny Danon.

'In the Lion's Den': Danny Danon talks UN, Abraham Accords in new book

The book tells the life story of Israel's former ambassador to the UN, MK Danny Danon, and the exciting events that led him to choose the path in life of a public figure.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Danon signs copies of his new book, August 2023

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