Danny Danon

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

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

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

 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.

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


Israel seeks genuine effort on Iran capabilities, not more talk, UN ambassador says

"If it is going to be just another round of talks, that's something which we cannot accept," Danon said.

 Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following Israel’s attack on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2025.

Israel’s UN ambassador to security council: ‘How long did the world expect us to wait?’

As missiles fell on Tel Aviv, Israeli and Iranian envoys traded accusations at an emergency UN meeting over the legality and consequences of Israel’s preemptive strike

Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following Israel’s attack on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2025.

United Nations overwhelmingly demands immediate Gaza ceasefire over US, Israel opposition

The text garnered 149 votes in favor, while 19 countries abstained and the US, Israel and 10 others voted against.

 Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage released by Hamas in Gaza last month addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, at U.N. headquarters in New York York City, US, March 20, 2025.

United Nations to vote to demand immediate Gaza ceasefire over US, Israel opposition

The 193-member General Assembly is likely to adopt the text with overwhelming support, diplomats say, despite Israeli lobbying.

 Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage released by Hamas in Gaza last month addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, at U.N. headquarters in New York York City, US, March 20, 2025.

'Despicable act of terrorism': Washington shooting leaves Israeli officials devastated

Netanyahu instructs the strengthening of security for Israeli missions worldwide • Embassy eulogizes attack victims Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.

 A man looks on next to police officers working at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 21, 2025.

We will not stop the war, even if UK, France, Canada threaten sanctions, Danon says at Post conf.

At JPost Conference, Israeli UN envoy hits back at Western allies, defends Gaza campaign, and tells hostage families: “We are committed to you”

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaking at The Jerusalem Post Conference on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Danon accuses UN aid chief of weaponizing the word 'genocide' against Israel

While briefing the 15-member body earlier this week, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said: "Will you act – decisively – to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?"

 Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 18, 2024.

UN Security Council to discuss returning hostage bodies to Israel for the first time

This marks the first such discussion since the October 7 terror massacre. This demand will be at the center of an official Security Council debate.

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

'Aid will no longer reach Hamas,' Danny Danon says during UNSC debate

“Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped and tortured our citizens," Danon said.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question, in November.

Grapevine April 30, 2025: Identity Theft

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 (Illustrative) EFRAIM ZUROFF, former director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Israel Office, watches a procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga in 2010.