As the death toll in Gaza has risen, countries have turned their backs on Israel. The consequences of those desertions, from security to economics, risk turning Israel into a pariah.
Tag: United Nations
U.S. Defends U.N. Voting ‘No’ on Palestinian Membership
The United States among a handful of holdouts on the vote, which was widely seen as a rebuke of the Americans and Israel.
Israel and Egypt Spar, Squeezing Gaza Aid Routes
With no resumption of deliveries in sight, officials fear the territory’s threadbare humanitarian relief effort could collapse altogether.
U.N. General Assembly Votes to Back Palestinian Membership Bid
The vote comes after the United States last month vetoed a Security Council measure granting full U.N. membership to a Palestinian state.
UNRWA Says It Closed East Jerusalem Headquarters After Fire and Attacks
The leader of the agency said the fire had caused extensive damage, but that no staff had been injured.
Nearly 79,000 Have Fled Rafah Since Monday, UN Says
Israeli forces had called for the evacuation of about 110,000 people from the eastern part of the Gazan city and seized the Gaza side of a border crossing with Egypt in an incursion this week.
U.N. Says Rafah Operation and Closure of Crossings Are a Setback for Gaza Aid
No trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since Sunday, according to the U.N.
How 360,000 Haitians Wound Up Living in Empty Lots and Crowded Schools
In a worsening humanitarian crisis, Haitians have been forced to flee their homes in the face of gang onslaughts, but the international response has failed to keep up.
Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says
Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way south.”
Israel, Gaza and the Law on Starvation in War
A complex legal question became more pressing after a statement from the U.N. human rights chief.