Danny Danon

Gulf nations take lead on Iran at UN while Europe weakens stance, Danon tells 'Post' - interview

While sharply criticizing European countries, the ambassador noted that regional rivals had set aside their differences to face a common threat.

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Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on March 11, 2026 in New York City.
FILE PHOTO: People and rescue forces work following an Israel strike on a school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026.

US says it wouldn't deliberately target a school after Iran said over 160 killed in strike

The reported strike took place on a girls' elementary school in the town of Minab in southern Iran on Saturday, marking the deadliest incident in the US and Israel's war against Iran.

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RIYAD H. MANSOUR, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, shakes hands with Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN, before a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

Permanent Observer for Palestine withdraws candidacy for UN Presidency

Palestine is currently considered a non-member state of the UN and a Permanent Observer with “a standing invitation to participate as Observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly.”

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon.

Netanyahu calls to 'bring peace, prosperity to Israel, region,' at meeting with UN ambassadors

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon, along with ambassadors envoys to the United Nations from across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific, met with the Prime Minister and the President.

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Israeli minister calls for widespread Palestinian emigration to West

Bezalel Smotrich responded to an op-ed by two MKs telling the world it is their "moral imperative to demonstrate compassion" and help Gazans attain a more prosperous future.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Palestinians use a donkey-drawn cart to flee north Gaza to move southward, as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the enclave, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip November 12, 2023.

Israeli ambassador criticized for wearing yellow star at UN

"We were deeply saddened to witness members of the Israeli delegation to the UN donning yellow badges," Dayan stated on Tuesday.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN, GADI ZAIG
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addresses the United Nations Security Council as the Council meets to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., February 20, 2023.

50 Influential Jews: Danny Danon - No. 25

Will the chairman of World Likud be the next party leader?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud MK Danny Danon.

'In the Lion's Den': Danny Danon talks UN, Abraham Accords in new book

The book tells the life story of Israel's former ambassador to the UN, MK Danny Danon, and the exciting events that led him to choose the path in life of a public figure.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Danon signs copies of his new book, August 2023

Right calls for new military campaign as IDF searches for Huwara shooter

Likud MK Danny Danon called for the shops along Route 60, which goes through Huwara, should be closed down despite many of them having loyal Israeli customers.

AUGUST 20, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, August 19, 2023

Restraining order filed after man placed barbed wire outside Danon's home

Frankel is documented to have multiple times blasted music outside the family home.

JULY 11, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israelis protest against Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the house of MK Danny Danon (Likud), in Raanana, March 26, 2023.

Israelis tout Accords in Morocco, clash with Iranians and Palestinians

Delegations from countries that have no diplomatic relations with Israel such as Iraq, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iran participated in the annual event.

JUNE 15, 2023ByBEN RAAB
Representatives of the UAE, US, Israel, Bahrain Morocco and Egypt at the Steering Committee of the Negev Forum, June 27, 2022.

Ben-Gvir threatens to quit Israeli government over response to Gaza rockets

Otzma Yehudit to boycott Knesset votes as tensions with Likud heat up • Likud: If Netanyahu's decisions are unacceptable to Ben-Gvir, he can leave gov't

MAY 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELIAV BREUER
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a press statement during a party meeting in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, May 3, 2023

Likud MK: Israel must clamp down on terror at all costs - opinion

Likud MK Danny Danon: It is Israel’s duty and responsibility to our people to clamp down on terror at all costs so that no more innocent lives are needlessly taken.

APRIL 17, 2023ByDANNY DANON
DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant listens to Rabbi Leo Dee at the Dee family’s shiva at their home in Efrat, on Thursday

Should Israeli politicians vote with their conscience over party? - opinion

Amid the battle cry of saving our democracy from what is called the autocratic or dictatorial endgame of this judicial reform plan, there is an ongoing argument about the very essence of democracy.

MARCH 20, 2023ByDAVID JABLINOWITZ
MK YULI Edelstein (right) presides over a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at which National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefed committee members on the affairs of his ministry, last month.