Antonio Guterres

UN chief:

'Israeli strike in Syria a violation of sovereignty'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns an Israeli air strike near the presidential palace in Damascus, says Israel must respect Syrian sovereignty.

UN chief urges action on two-state solution

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges world leaders to act decisively in support of a two-state solution between Israel and Palestinian Arabs, warning it may soon become unachievable.

UN appoints UK envoy to review UNRWA

UN Secretary-General António Guterres tasks veteran diplomat Ian Martin with leading a strategic review of UNRWA’s operations.

UN chief rejects Israeli proposal for Gaza aid oversight

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres firmly rejects Israeli plan to oversee humanitarian aid entering Gaza, warning it could severely limit supplies. While Israel insists the system would prevent Hamas from misusing aid, Guterres emphasizes adherence to humanitarian principles and calls for unrestricted access to those in need.

US lawmakers warn UN against new anti-Israel probe

House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast and Senate Foreign Relations Chair Jim Risch warn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres against creating a new investigatory body targeting Israel.

Israel fires back at UN chief:

‘We are outraged you’re Secretary-General’

Israel’s Foreign Ministry fires back at UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who condemned Israel's latest strikes in the Gaza Strip: We are outraged by your moral bankruptcy.

UN chief ‘outraged’ by Israeli strikes, calls for ceasefire

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres continues his criticism of Israel, after it launched strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza: I strongly appeal for the ceasefire to be respected.

UN chief urges Israel to allow aid into Gaza without delay

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again criticizes Israel, this time over its decision to halt the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip: Humanitarian aid is not negotiable.

Human Rights Expert:

'Guterres, Turk have blood of Kfir & Ariel on their hands'

Professor Anne Bayefsky, the Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President of the Human Rights Voices organization tells Arutz Sheva UN leaders 'turned Jewish babies into bargaining chips.'

UN chief calls for ceasefire, silent on freed hostages

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for permanent ceasefire in Gaza, does not mention frail condition of freed hostages. Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN: You don’t give a damn about the security of the people of Israel. Shame on you. Resign!

Ambassador Danon:

'Clear evidence of war crimes against hostages'

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon sent an urgent letter to the UN Secretary-General regarding the dire physical condition of the three Israeli hostages released earlier today from Hamas captivity.

UN chief: Ethnic cleansing must be avoided in Gaza crisis

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres responds to Trump’s Gaza relocation proposal: In the search for solutions, it is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing.

Danon expresses support

EU lawmakers to UN chief: Remove UNRWA as an official UN body

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN backs letter sent by members of parliaments from 14 European countries urging UN Secretary-General to remove UNRWA as an official UN body. "Supporting UNRWA is supporting Hamas. Turning a blind eye is not the solution."

Human Rights Expert:

'All UN learned from Holocaust is to fake concern for 1 day'

Professor Anne Bayefsky, the Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President of the Human Rights Voices human rights organization, tells Arutz Sheva the UN marking Holocaust Remembrance day is an "oxymoron."

Danon to UN:

'UNRWA must cease its operations in Jerusalem by January 30'

Following legislation passed by the Knesset banning UNRWA’s operation on Israeli land, Israel's Ambassador to the UN informs Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the "Palestinian refugee" agency must cease its operations in Jerusalem, and evacuate all premises in the city by January 30.

Guterres appoints Sigrid Kaag as interim UN Middle East envoy

UN Secretary-General appoints former Dutch Foreign Minister, who is married to former PA deputy minister, as the interim UN Middle East envoy.

Report:

UN chief called Francesca Albanese a 'horrible person'

Outgoing US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt reveals UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese to her.

'What a disgrace'

Foreign Ministry blasts UN chief's condemnation of Yemen strikes

Israel's Foreign Ministry blasts UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who criticized Israel’s strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, while failing to mention that the Houthi missile attacks on Israel.

UN chief condemns Israel’s strikes against Houthis in Yemen

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Israel’s strikes against Houthis in Yemen are “especially alarming”, calls "for all parties concerned to cease all military actions and exercise utmost restraint."

Guterres:

'Israeli airstrikes are violations of Syria's sovereignty'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for Israel to stop striking strategic weapons and military infrastructure in Syria and called on both sides to respect the buffer zone.

UN chief concerned over 'extensive violations' in Syria

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticizes Israel’s military operations in Syria, calls on it to refrain from any action "that would undermine the ceasefire and stability in Golan".

UN spokesman:

'UN could meet Netanyahu despite arrest warrant'

Following ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu, UN spokesman says limited contacts are allowed "to address fundamental issues". No indications that a meeting between Netanyahu and UN chief Guterres is in the works.

Guterres, the UN's anti-West crusader

The challenge to the old world order by corrupt, bankrupt and despotic countries signals a not-good future for Western democracies. But the West, infatuated with its own decline, has made this mess happen. Opinion.

Amb. Danon to UN Sec. Gen:

'You had the audacity to condemn death of Hamas kidnapper'

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon presents photograph of UNRWA worker abducting body of murdered Israeli civilian to Gaza at UNSC. 'How dare you justify and defend an organization that employs murderous terrorists.'

UN chief:

'Anti-UNRWA legislation could have devastating consequences'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounces laws approved in the Knesset banning the operations of UNRWA: There is no alternative to UNRWA.

Did UN chief mourn Nukhba terrorist, murderer, and kidnapper?

After Antonio Guterres mourns death of an 'UNRWA colleague,' Foreign Minister Israel Katz says he is mourning Mohammad Abu Itiwi, a Nukhba terrorist who commandered a deadly assault on a bomb shelter on October 7.

Iranian FM:

'We're prepared for decisive retaliation if Israel attacks'

Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, tells UN Secretary-General that Tehran is prepared for a "decisive and regretful" retaliation if Israel launches an attack on Iran in response to the Islamic Republic’s missile strike on Israel.

UN chief:

'Attacks on UNIFIL may constitute a war crime'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounces Lebanon incidents which resulted in injuries to several UNIFIL peacekeepers, as Hezbollah continues to operate near UNIFIL posts.

Netanyahu to UN chief:

'Get UNIFIL forces out of Hezbollah strongholds right now'

Israeli PM calls on UN Sec. Gen. Guterres to remove UNIFIL's forces from the combat zones in southern Lebanon and "out of harm's way" so they are not used as human shields by Hezbollah.

Good ol' Guterres

Israel condemns the United Nations and Secretary-General Guterres who was actually nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in this mad, mad world. Opinion.

UN chief:

'Israeli legislation against UNRWA would be a catastrophe'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he expressed concerns about Israel's legislation to block UNRWA to Netanyahu: Such a measure would suffocate efforts to ease human suffering and tensions in Gaza and the entire Occupied Palestinian Territory.

UN chief:

'We must repeat our utter condemnation of Hamas'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres releases video statement on one-year anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 massacre: October 7th scarred souls, I demand once again the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

FM Katz declares UN chief persona non grata

Foreign Minister Israel Katz bans UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering Israel: Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil.

UN chief:

'There is no alternative to UNRWA'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges world leaders to increase support for UN agency for “Palestinian refugees”: We have failed the people of Gaza.

Guterres applauded for accusing Israel of "collective punishment'

UN Secretary-General's statement condemning October 7 and taking of hostages during address to UNGA met with silence, attack on Israel met with applause.

UN after Beirut strike:

'We urge all parties to deescalate immediately'

UN chief Guterres' spokesman says the UN is "very concerned" following Israeli strikes in which Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated: We urge all parties to deescalate immediately. All must exercise maximum restraint.

Watch:

UN chief shown video of tunnel in which hostages were executed

Or Gat, brother of slain hostage Carmel Gat, shows UN chief Antonio Guterres IDF footage of the tunnel in which she and six other hostages were murdered.

UN chief condemns Israel over 'collective punishment' in Gaza

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again criticizes Israel: We all condemn the terror attacks by Hamas but nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.

UNRWA claims:

'Six of our workers were killed in Israeli strike in Gaza'

UN Secretary-General criticizes Israel over the alleged strike. Danon fires back: Terrorists operating out of civilian buildings previously used by UNRWA are not innocent.

UN Secretary-General:

Recovery of hostages reminds us of need for ceasefire

UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres commented on the recovery of six hostages from Gaza.

Ambassador Danon responds

UN chief urges Israel to stop Judea and Samaria operation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticizes Israel’s counterterrorism operation in Judea and Samaria. Danon responds: The State of Israel will not sit idly by and wait for scenes of buses and cafes exploding in city centers.

Danon to Guterres:

'We won't be silent until all hostages are returned'

Incoming Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, presents his credentials to Secretary-General Guterres, calls on UN to demonstrate moral clarity in bringing the 115 remaining hostages back from captivity.

Gaza records first polio case in 25 years

The diagnosis comes after UN chief Antonio Guterres called for pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children.

UN chief:

'There's no alternative to UNRWA'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declares there is no alternative to UN agency for “Palestinian refugees”, urges countries to donate funds.

Erdan blasts UN chief:

'He is an accomplice to terror and should resign today!'

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN blasts UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who insisted that claims he has never condemned Hamas were “misinformation”.

UN chief warns:

'Lebanon cannot become another Gaza'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is concerned by tensions between Israel and Hezbollah: One rash move could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border.

'Shocking and unacceptable'

UN spokesperson blasts Ambassador Erdan

UN spokesperson criticizes Erdan for sharing video of his blasting UN for blacklisting Israel: Something I've never seen in my 24 years serving this organization.

Foreign Minister Katz:

'There will be consequences for Israel's relations with the UN'

Foreign Minister Israel Katz blasts UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for adding the IDF to the blacklist of countries and entities that harm children during conflict: The inclusion of Israel in the list is a deplorable act.

Guterres to put Israel on UN blacklist

UN Secretary-General informed IDF Attaché in Washington that he is adding Israel to list of countries and groups that harm children in conflict zones.

UN chief criticizes Israel:

'UN premises are inviolable'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns Israel’s strike on UNRWA school in which terrorists who took part in the October 7 massacre were eliminated.

UN Secretary-General to meet families of hostages

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to have first meeting with members of the Tikva Forum of families of hostages next week.

Erdan to Guterres:

'Stop eulogizing terrorists, start standing up to them'

Israeli Amb. to the Un condemns Secretary-General for writing in memorial book for the 'butcher of Tehran,' questions if he gave any thought to Ebrahim Raisi's thousands of victims.

Another outrageous statement

UN chief equates October 7 and Gaza situation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, and in the same breath criticizes "collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”

UN chief demands 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for immediate halt to Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

UN Secretary-General demands Israel end Rafah operation

Antonio Guterres says he is 'disturbed' by Israeli operation to end the Hamas threat, calls for ceasefire that would leave Hamas in power.

Will Israel be added to the UN blacklist?

Israel is faced with a growing prospect that the UN will include Israel on the list of countries and organizations that harm children in war zones.

UN chief:

'Nothing can justify the horror unleashed by Hamas'

Six months into the war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounces the horrors unleashed by Hamas and calls for the release of hostages.

Nearly 80 days later:

UN chief replies to plea to free hostages

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres replies to letter from eight Nobel Prize laureates, which was sent on the 100th day of the hostage crisis that began on October 7: Our efforts will not abate until all hostages are released.

UN chief:

'Resolution on Gaza ceasefire must be implemented'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for immediate implementation of UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza: Failure would be unforgivable.

The UN sows the seeds of its own demise

Israel tags Guterres and UN as anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. Today's resolution is proof of the UN's uselessness as a force to solve world conflicts. Op-ed.