General assembly

PA seeks non-militarized Palestinian state that lives in security, peace next to Israel, Abbas says

Abbas also denounced extremist settler violence and the E1 settlement plan, which he claims would separate the northern and southern West Bank and cut off east Jerusalem.

President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly via pre-recorded video (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 24, 2026.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian holds a memorial flyer for former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during his UN General Assembly address in New York, September 23, 2026.

Iran's Pezeshkian says unfair that Israel 'has' nuclear weapons while IAEA inspectors watch Tehran

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a meeting on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, US, September 22, 2026.

Trump expresses optimism on US-Iran deal during UN meeting with British PM Andy Burnham

US President Donald Trump reacts as he addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026.

Trump denounces Iran as 'terror regime behaving badly,' during UNGA address


Mr. Kurd: Trump’s Kurdish comments greeted with pride

Trump says he won’t forget Kurdish sacrifices but doesn’t provide specifics on what comes next.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2018

Bolton threatens Iranian generals: We will come after you

John Bolton told the crowd that the US would use "every tool in its toolbox" to pursue Soleimani.

National security advisor John Bolton at press conference at King David

King Abdullah: We will protect Jerusalem’s Muslim, Christian character

Abdullah said that the best way forward was a two-state solution on the 1967 borders with east Jerusalem as its capital and a secure Israel.

Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 25, 2018

Arab states call emergency UN General Assembly session on Gaza

The General Assembly last held a vote on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in December, when it condemned the US for its decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US

Keep Dreaming: An unbalanced relationship

At present, it appears that North American Jewry and Israel are locked in an embrace woven of the love of the former and the need of the latter.

People take part in the 51st annual Israel parade in Manhattan, New York May 31, 2015.

Comment: Israel-Diaspora rift looms large at General Assembly opening

The deputy chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel reports his first-hand account of the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Los Angeles.

Conflict at the Kotel. Members of the Reform Movement clash with Orthodox worshipers at the Western Wall last week