An attempt by the British government and other members of the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency headquarters in the Gaza Strip was foiled today, after Israel found out about the attempt and...
Though it caused a minimal number of direct casualties, the Israeli attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) made headlines across the world and sparked a litany of public condemnations, not the least of which because UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness...
The headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip was attacked today by Israeli artillery, sparking a fire which continues to burn. The compound was reportedly housing 700 civilian refugees and storehouses of increasingly scarce...
Yesterday's claims by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he single-handedly prevented the United States from voting for the United Nations Security Council ceasefire in the Gaza Strip with a single phone call have certainly gained a lot of attention, but not the...
Taking a short break from lashing out at the international media for reporting the growing civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke in detail about the events leading up to the US abstention from the United Nations Security...
In an interview with the Austrian weekly "Profil," Israeli Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia Dan Ashbel declared that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) "has been taken over by Hamas and is being used as a weapon against its own people." The UNRWA is...
The United Nations Security Council's bid to halt the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip with a non-binding resolution calling for a durable ceasefire never had much momentum behind it, but as French and British diplomats scrambled to get the deal together amid repeated...
Among the most significant stories in the past week of Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip was the attack on a United Nations girls' school in the refugee camp of Jabalya. Though it was clearly marked by the United Nations and the coordinates were given to the IDF when...
Unlike the two previous attempts at a UN Security Council resolution calling for the end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, last night's was non-binding. Likewise, unlike the previous two, the United States allowed this one to pass (though they themselves abstained...
After Israel's last minute attempts to force another delay in the vote failed, the United Nations Security Council finally managed to pass a Gaza Strip ceasefire resolution with a 14-0 vote. The United States abstained from voting on the resolution. The resolution...
