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Israel has suspended its multimillion dollar contribution to a number of United Nations bodies and is reevaluating its relationship with the organization, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution on Israeli settlement construction. “I instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete within a month a re-evaluation of all our contacts with the United Nations, including the Israeli funding of UN institutions and the presence of UN representatives in Israel,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Saturday while addressing the nation. “I have already instructed to stop about 30 million shekels ($7.8 million) in funding to five UN institutions, five bodies,...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The vote was able to pass the 15-member council on Friday because the United States broke with a long-standing approach of diplomatically shielding Israel and did not wield its veto power as it had on many times before - a decision that Netanyahu called "shameful". "I instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete within a month a re-evaluation of all our contacts with the United...

PM Netanyahu to receive the Herman Kahn Award for 2016 during his upcoming visit to the U.S., when he will address the U.N. General Assembly • Netanyahu to participate in panel discussion on U.S.-Israel relations and the challenges Israel faces. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to receive the 2016 Herman Kahn Award from the Hudson Institute, a conservative American think tank, during his upcoming visit to the U.S. to give his annual address to the U.N. General Assembly on September 22. While in New York, Netanyahu is scheduled to be the guest of honor at a Hudson Institute gala...