United Nations General Assembly

Permanent Observer for Palestine withdraws candidacy for UN Presidency

Palestine is currently considered a non-member state of the UN and a Permanent Observer with “a standing invitation to participate as Observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly.”

RIYAD H. MANSOUR, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, shakes hands with Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN, before a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.
Israel and Ecuador flags. Ilustration.

Israel praises Ecuador's 'moral leadership' in withdrawing from UN committee on Palestinian rights

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon.

Netanyahu calls to 'bring peace, prosperity to Israel, region,' at meeting with UN ambassadors

UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres smiles while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, January 16, 2026.

'We don't always agree with what she says': UN Chief Guterres distances himself from Albanese


Saudi Arabia warns Israel: West Bank annexation is red line for normalization - N12

Saudi Arabia's warnings came ahead of the United Nations General Assembly vote to recognize a Palestinian state and the French-Saudi implementation of the plan. 

 SAUDI CROWN Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025.

Ahmed al-Sharaa: Israel, Syria 'on the verge' of security agreement

“We are on the verge of a security agreement between Israel and Syria,” Sharaa and other senior officials said.

 (L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)

Danny Danon to 'Post': The UN is entertaining dangerous Palestinian adventurism - opinion

If the UN wants to remain relevant and credible, it must stop being a platform for political games and start standing up for the values it was created to uphold 80 years ago.

THE WRITER addresses the UN Security Council last week. If unilateral steps are taken at the General Assembly regarding the recognition of a Palestinian state, one can expect that Israel will also take unilateral steps, he writes.

PMW warns UN: Palestinian statehood without PA reform would empower more terrorism

The report claims that the PA’s responses to the killing of Jews and Israelis have set a precedent that normalizes and encourages violence and terror.

 Palestinian Authority chair Mahmoud Abbas against backdrop of October 7 destruction and Palestinian flag. (illustration)

Instead of recognizing ‘Palestine,’ Europe should present a strategic plan for Gaza - opinion

Recognition alone – currently planned by France, Britain, Belgium, Canada, and others – will not bring peace.

 A man holds a placard reading "Free Palestine" in Paris, France, during a demonstration, to protest after Israel seized the British-flagged yacht, Madleen was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza, June 9, 2025.

Why Israel should annex the West Bank, but doesn't need to do so yet - opinion

Anyone with even the most superficial understanding of the conflict knows that a Palestinian state has never been further from coming to fruition than today.

THE UN General Assembly adopts a resolution endorsing the ‘New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution,’ earlier this month

US Senate confirms former Trump security adviser Waltz as ambassador to UN

The tally was 47 to 43 in the 100-member chamber, with several senators missing the vote.

 U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025.

Australian prime minister heads to New York, may meet Trump for first time

At the UN General Assembly, Anthony Albanese will support Palestinian statehood, and speak at an event on Australia's law to ban social media for children aged under 16.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, September 12, 2025.

Japan won't recognize a Palestinian state given US ties, Asahi reports

Shigeru Ishiba, Japanese Prime Minister, will skip an upcoming United Nations meeting called to discuss a two-state solution.

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya signs the guests book as he attends a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2025

‘Zionist animals’: Anti-Israel activists plan to ‘flood’ UN General Assembly with protest

Within Our Lifetime, JVP, and PYM to march on UN, call for sanctions on Israel, and demand Netanyahu’s arrest.

Demonstrators gather outside the UN Headquarters during a "Stop Starving Gaza" protest in New York City, July 29, 2025.