Posts Tagged ‘erdan’

Erdan: US President Biden ‘has a true love for Israel’

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has said that the US President Joe Biden “has a true love for Israel,” Israeli TV Channel 7 reported today. “I think that the spirit of friendship that I feel from the current US administration is incomparable,” Erdan was reported by the Israeli TV saying. “President Biden […]

Erdan pushing for UN adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism

UN antisemitism envoy Miguel Moratinos and Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan have agreed to work together to push for the United Nations to adopt a formal definition of antisemitism, Erdan said Monday. Erdan and Moratinos have met several times, and on Friday, they agreed to work together on promoting a definition of antisemitism. Erdan […]

Erdan goes ‘Down South’ for Black History Month on first official tour

WASHINGTON – Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Gilad Erdan, took a three-day visit to South Carolina and Alabama to celebrate Black History Month. It was his first official tour since taking office. In Montgomery, Alabama, the ambassador toured the Rosa Parks Museum and at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, named after Dr. Martin […]

Erdan: Israel coronavirus vaccination success used to spread blood libel

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN and the US Gilad Erdan said that antisemitic voices are using Israel’s successful coronavirus vaccination campaign to “attack Israel” and are “spreading a new blood libel,” against the Jewish state, in an op-ed published in Newsweek Friday. “False claims have been made about our obligations to vaccinate the Palestinian population, […]

Erdan vows to reconnect Israel with all sectors of US Jewry

“I look forward to working with President [Joe] Biden and his new administration to continue strengthening that friendship and promoting those values,” he said in his first public address since assuming his position in Washington on January 20. “I intend to build on the long tradition of bipartisan support for Israel and work with members […]

Erdan calls on UN to fight threats for Jews: Antisemitism and Iran

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and United Nations Gilad Erdan, during the UN’s annual event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, highlighted the resurgence of antisemitism brought on by the deadly COVID-19 crisis and urged the world not to stand idly by as the Jewish people are threatened by another genocidal regime: Iran. […]

Erdan asks UN to censure former Egyptian envoy over anti-Israel remarks

Former Egyptian ambassador to the UN Mootaz Ahmadein Khalil should be barred from hosting UN training sessions in light of anti-Israel comments he made at a November event, according to Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan. “Ambassador Khalil’s comments, political agenda and blatant bias render him unfit to run a United Nations training session,” he recently […]

Israel asks Washington to accept Erdan as ambassador

Israel submitted a request to the US State Department to accept Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan as ambassador to the US, as well, The Jerusalem Post learned on Friday.Earlier this week, several Israeli media outlets reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to have Erdan choose only one posting, rather than adhere to the […]

Erdan talks combating anti-Semitism with NBA player, Erdogan critic Enes Kanter

NEW YORK — Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan and NBA player Enes Kanter met on Tuesday and discussed joining forces to combat anti-Semitism and raise awareness of alleged human rights violations in the Boston Celtics center’s native Turkey. The meeting and its announcement by the Israeli UN mission appeared to be the latest jab in […]

Erdan meets with Pompeo, thanks him for push to reimpose Iran sanctions

NEW YORK — Gilad Erdan held his first meeting as UN ambassador with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, using the opportunity to thank the top American diplomat for Washington’s long-shot bid to have the United Nations Security Council reinstate sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Joining Erdan and Pompeo at an […]

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