Danny Danon

‘We are not going anywhere’: Danon defends West Bank settlements at UN meeting

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon rejected claims that West Bank settlements are obstacles to peace, telling the Security Council that they would remain and continue to grow.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, March 20, 2025.
Displaced Palestinian children look out of their shelter in Gaza City, June 15, 2026

'Facts prevail over fiction,' Danon says as new UNICEF-led survey challenges Gaza famine claims

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to consider a US proposal for a UN mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, November 17, 2025.

UN Ambassador Danny Danon: Iran regime 'will not do any good' for Middle East, Israel

 The Lincoln Square Synagogue at 200 Amsterdam Avenue on the corner of West 69th Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1970 and designed by Hausman & Rosenberg.

Attacker yells 'Allahu Akbar,' stabs two in potential Manhattan antisemitic hate crime


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.

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

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon, along with ambassadors envoys to the United Nations from across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific, met with the Prime Minister and the President.

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

'Moral absurdity': US, Israel outraged as Iran elected as Vice-Chair of UN Charter Committee

Upon the announcement, Israel’s representative Noam Cappon immediately objected, calling the Iranian regime “the world’s leading state sponsor and the largest proliferator of terrorism.”

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

Palestinian UN representitive submits candidacy for General Assembly president

Palestine is currently considered a non-member state of the UN and a Permanent Observer with a standing invitation to participate in sessions, rather than a legitimate member state.

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour addresses a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Israel-Hamas War at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, August 27, 2025.

Francesca Albanese expected to speak at Al Jazeera Forum alongside Hamas leader, Iran's FM - report

Albanese is listed on Al Jazeera's site as a speaker during the forum's third session on its first day, during a panel titled: "The Palestinian Cause in a World Moving Toward Multipolarity."

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaks at the conference "Cartography of a Genocide", on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

Holocaust survivor gives speech in Hebrew for first time in history at UNGA Holocaust Remembrance

"For the first time, a testimony was heard here in Hebrew. Silence in the face of anti-Semitism is a moral failure," said UN ambassador Danny Danon.

Holocaust survivor Sarah Weinstein speaks at the UN General Assembly.

Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties’

Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged on Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive, according to an affidavit filed in US District Court in Mississippi.

TEXT MESSAGES between the arson suspect Stephen Spencer Pittman and his father during the attack on Jan. 10, 2025.

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland

Somaliland hopes that recognition by Israel will encourage other nations to follow suit, increasing its diplomatic heft and access to international markets.

US ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz (L) and Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon (R) before a UN Security Council meeting to consider a US proposal for a UN mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza at the UN headquarters, New York, November 17, 2025.

UN spends approximately $100 million in funding to target Israel yearly, new report shows

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told The Jerusalem Post that the figure reflects a network of UN bodies, committees, and mechanisms structurally embedded in the organization’s budget.

 Members of the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border, as they stand on the roof of a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023.

Video shows Jewish man assaulted on NYC train, Danny Danon labels it 'deeply disturbing hate crime'

“This is a deeply disturbing hate crime targeting young Chabad men on a train in New York, whose only act was sharing the light of Hanukkah,” Danon posted on X/Twitter along with the footage.

On of the assailants grabs a Jewish man on a train.