Antonio Guterres

Def. Min. complex to be built on site of fmr. UNRWA Jerusalem headquarters, Katz says

UNRWA's headquarters in Ammunition Hill was demolished in January after the organization's ties with Hamas were exposed.

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during a ceremony returning a stone from the Western Wall that had been kept at HaKirya military base, to the Davidson Center in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 4, 2026.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, candidate for the position of the next Secretary-General, speaks during a dialogue with delegations while candidates for the position of new United Nations Secretary General are interviewed at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 21, 2026.

Top candidates grilled at UN in contention to replace Guterres as secretary general

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, August 25, 2022.

US envoy Waltz raises doubts over electing Chile's Bachelet as next UN leader

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, attends to read a memo about the United Nations mission in Colombia, during a UN Security Council meeting, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on April 19, 2018.

UN chief names Arnault as personal envoy for Middle East war


Long-time Netanyahu critic, Sigrid Kaag, named as new UN Middle East envoy

Sigrid Kaag, while serving as foreign minister, clashed with then Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte over his support for Israel.

Sigrid Kaag, Dutch activist for Palestinian rights and nominee for the second-most powerful Cabinet post in the Dutch Foreign Ministry.

Will Trump's return shape UN chief Antonio Guterres’s tone on Israel? – analysis

Antonio Guterres's dialogue about Israel has radically shifted over the past few years, but can the incoming administration fix it?

 U.S. President Donald Trump greets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the "Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom" event at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 23, 2019.

Danon to ‘Post’: Guterres’s attitude towards Israel ‘unacceptable’ - interview

Danon told the 'Post that Guterres equates Israel with Hamas, which 'creates a moral equation that puts the victim and the aggressor on the same side'

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres.

UN's Guterres: Israeli strikes in Yemen are 'especially alarming'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the strike undermines the organization's efforts in Yemen

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, last month.

UN chief says future of Syria up to Syrians, UN will help

Guterres calls for calm during political transition as UN envoy Pedersen describes potential "turning point" after 14 years of conflict.

 UN Sec.-Gen. Antonio Guterres speaks at a Security Council meeting earlier this year. The UN, which was created in part as a response to the horrors of World War II, has singled out Israel in a way that resembles the legal discrimination that led to the persecution of Jews in the 1930s and 1940s.

Banning UNRWA: Historic move or humanitarian crisis in the making? - editorial

Following the landmark Knesset vote, we urge the prime minister to consult with Israel’s allies and convene a panel of experts.

 THE SIGN on UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City is damaged amid the ongoing war. Says the writer: This UN agency deserves every sanction – it is corrupt, its actions encouraged terror and some of its workers were directly involved in October 7. Yet it provides health, education, etc.

Over 100 Congress members tell Guterres US will slash funding to UN if Israel's status downgrades

The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said Congress has taken note of the numerous UN actions "aimed to delegitimize Israel's right to self-defense."

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, last month.

'Complicit in war crimes': FM Katz slams UN's Guterres for mourning UNRWA terrorist

Guterres "has reached new heights of hypocrisy and insensitivity," Katz wrote.

 Foreign Minister Israel Katz slammed UN chief Antonio Guterres.

‘Irrelevant and detached’: Erdan slams Guterres's post following Sinwar assassination

UN chief Guterres faces backlash for tweet on Gaza crisis after Sinwar's death, as well as calling to protect peacekeepers just after Sinwar's bodyguard was revealed as an UNWRA teacher.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 24.

UNIFIL’s inaction and the West's blind eye - editorial

Hezbollah has been hiding behind UNIFIL for far too long, but European leaders continue to blame Jerusalem.

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea conduct a vehicle patrol in the vicinity of Tyre, south Lebanon, February 21, 2024.