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


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.

Illustrative: 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.

Israel at war: What happened on day 532?

IDF chief appoints external team to review Oct. 7 failures • Hezbollah denies responsibility for rockets launched at northern Israel

 Thousands gather on Kaplan, raising their torches in a powerful call for the return of the 59 remaining hostages.