Gilad Erdan

Editor's Notes: The argument splitting religious-Zionist households before Israel’s election

Israel elects 120 members of Knesset by proportional representation; nobody has ever won a majority, 61 is the only number that counts.

Photo illustration | Potential center-right political players Dedi Simchi, Ayelet Shaked, Yoaz Hendel, Gilad Erdan, Ofer Winter, Benny Gantz and Yuli Edelstein.
Korin Gideon standing in the house,at the Big Brother reality show, during the final at Neve Ilan studio, April 6, 2016.

'Today's arena is social media': Korin Gideon on politics, body confidence, life in public eye

Amb. Gilad Erdan, Magen David Adom, Global President, Israel’s former Ambassador to the UN

Ex-UN ambassador Erdan says he's working to establish new right-wing party, sees himself as PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025

Members of Israel's Right in talks to form new party as alternative to Likud


Erdan blasts Hamas final solution wearing yellow star at UNSC

"'Never again' happened again," Erdan said, and that "Khamenei is playing the role of Adolf Hitler."

 Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan wears a yellow Star of David at the UN Security Council on October 30, 2023.

Erdan shows UNGA video of Hamas decapitation at ceasefire debate

Gilad Erdan spoke during the start of a two-day debate on a cease-fire for the Gaza War that began on October 7 when Hamas infiltrated southern Israel.

 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan shows a video on a portable device as he speaks to an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023.

Guterres: I didn't justify Hamas terror

Israel's ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan called for Guterres to resign and reissued that call against him on Wednesday after Guterres’ statement.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference, ahead of G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023.

Israeli FM: Meeting with UN head canceled after defending Hamas massacre

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan called for Antonio Guterres to resign.

 Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks during a meeting on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at UN headquarters in New York, US, October 24, 2023

At UN, Palestinians call for halt to Israeli offensive, world powers mull options

Guterres briefed the 15-member UN Security Council behind closed doors on Friday.

 RIYAD MANSOUR, permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council in a meeting held after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount, earlier this month

Israeli military warns Gazans to relocate south for safety

The call to evacuate came ahead of an anticipated ground invasion of the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war with Hamas.

 Smoke billows following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza, October 13, 2023.

UN Ambassador Erdan bashes Abbas’ ‘peaceful resistance’ comments at UNGA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas used his platform at the UN General Assembly to bash Israeli actions and defend Palestinian terrorism as "peaceful resistance."

 Ambassador Gilad Erdan at a UN Security Council meeting on Operation House and Garden in Jenin, July 27, 2023.

Israel's UN envoy waves Mahsa Amini photo during Iranian president's speech

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is referred to as the "butcher of Tehran" in light of his involvement in the mass execution of Iranian political prisoners.

Israel's envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly before being led out of the hall by UN security officials as Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi began addressing the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US. September 19, 2023

Abbas has lost his mind, the world must see him as irrelevant - Erdan

Israel's UN envoy Gilad Erdan: "Our goal should be to encourage other nations to see Mahmoud Abbas’s departure from Palestinian leadership as a necessary step."

 Israel's ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan is seen at the United Nations.

Israel battles France over UNIFIL as UNSC vote delayed

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan told The Jerusalem Post he was concerned that passage of France’s proposal “might damage severely UNIFIL’s ability to fulfill its mandate.”

 THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council holds a regular meeting on the situation in the Middle East, focusing on Israel in relation to the Palestinians.