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70 Years after UN Resolution 181: An Assessment

November 26, 2017 | Liora Chartouni

November 29, 1947, the penultimate step to Israel’s statehood

Is It True the UN Created Israel? Seventy years since UN General Assembly Resolution 181

November 21, 2017 | Amb. Dore Gold

“… since the United Nations did not succeed in implementing its own decisions. In our view, the decision of 29 November about Jerusalem is null and void.”

The Palestinian Provocation

October 3, 2000 | Amb. Dore Gold

Every Israeli ambassador to the United Nations since the days of Abba Eban has been under clear instructions to keep the U.N. away from the issue of Jerusalem. So it surprises many that Israeli and American diplomats have been considering placing the Temple Mount, the most sensitive religious site in Jerusalem, under the control of the U.N. Security Council.