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Israel Joins ECOSOC For The First Time Published June 9th, 2021 - 07:07 GMT
ECOSOC chamber at the start of a conference on the centennial of the Balfour Declaration. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)
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“Choosing Israel to serve on ECOSOC is a recognition of our innovation and creativity, which serves to benefit all nations of the world.
Israel was elected to join the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the first time on Monday.
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Israel received over two-thirds of the UN members vote, with 154 countries supporting its candidacy for the Group of Western European and Other Countries (WEOG) regional bloc.
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Today’s panel comprises editor David Horovitz and military correspondent Judah Ari Gross, along with host Amanda Borschel-Dan.
As everyone who follows Israeli politics knows, it’s not over till it’s over. All the same, as the “change bloc” seems poised to take the reins on Sunday afternoon after a swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made eminently clear that he will move to the opposition kicking and screaming. Likewise, yesterday, a group of ultra-Orthodox parties roundly denounced incoming prime minister Naftali Bennett, a religious Jew, and called for him to take off his kippa.
Israeli ambassador Erdan to Tlaib: Open your eyes to reality on Temple Mount
May 28, 2021
(JNS) Israeli Ambassador to the United States Gilad Erdan called out Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Monday after she tweeted a defamatory post against the Jewish state.
On Twitter, she wrote: “Al-Aqsa is the 3rd holiest site in Islam, & people praying during the holiest days of the holy month of Ramadan have been beaten, gassed, shot, & killed by Israeli forces. They are denied medics & forced to use prayer mats as stretchers. A place of peace desecrated by violence.”
She added that “American taxpayer money is being used to commit human-rights violations. Congress must condition.