Aaron Jacob, at The Blogs

Apr 15, 2024, 8:53 AM

Unilaterally declaring Palestine a state will torpedo peace prospects

File - Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a session of the United Nations Security Council, at the UN headquarters in New York, March 25, 2024.(Angela Weiss/AFP)

The UN may adopt a measure to recognize Palestinian statehood, but no real peace process is possible without direct negotiations

Aug 24, 2023, 4:28 PM

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Hezbollah’s dangerous provocations

A Hezbollah supporter marking 'Liberation Day,' the 23rd anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 25, 2000, waves an Iranian flag in front of a passing Israeli armored vehicle, on the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

It's time for the UN Security Council to act against a terror group that threatens the lives of Israeli and Lebanese civilians

Feb 28, 2023, 7:18 PM

On the concept of elite

The concept of “elite” or “elites” is much vilified these days. One can safely assume that it has never been popular with ordinary people who disliked the notion that, to use the Cambridge English Dictionary’s definition, there is a...

May 8, 2022, 3:24 PM

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The challenge of reforming a powerless UN Security Council

Representatives attend a UN Security Council meeting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on Friday, February 25, 2022, at UN headquarters. Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops. Friday’s vote was 11-1, with China, India, and the United Arab Emirates abstaining. It showed significant but not total opposition to Russia’s invasion of its smaller, militarily weaker neighbor. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The Russian Federation's veto power reignites a long-running debate about reforming the world body’s most important organ

Dec 16, 2021, 1:09 AM

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The Zionism = racism lie isn’t over

Nov. 13, 1974 file photo: Yasser Arafat addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Arafat had been invited to represent the PLO and his people before the world body, where he said: 'Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch from my hand.' (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

Three decades after the UN scrubbed its most anti-Israel resolution, efforts to tarnish the Jewish state are back full steam with charges of Apartheid

Sep 16, 2021, 10:27 PM

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4 lessons from the Yom Kippur War

Israeli paratroopers march along the Suez-Cairo road after crossing the Suez Canal, October 1973. (Ron Ilan / GPO)

It may have taken miscalculations and missteps, but in the end, Israel could demonstrate that the Arab-Israeli conflict does not have to be a zero-sum game

Jul 27, 2021, 3:28 PM

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Hezbollah’s defiance and the United Nations’ duty

An alleged Hezbollah weapons depot (outlined in red) is seen across the street from a school (outlined in yellow) in the central Lebanese town of Ebba in a satellite image from June 1, 2020. (Google Earth, outlines added by The Times of Israel)

Flouting UN resolutions, the terror group has stockpiled arms, threatened, and attacked along Israel's border. The Security Council must impose sanctions.

Apr 11, 2021, 3:46 PM

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The Israeli election: It’s not only about Netanyahu

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police as they protest against the arrest of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who failed to comply with their army draft, in Bnei Brak, December 27, 2020. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Between the Palestinian question and the religious-secular divide, Israel has enough to contend with; the country doesn't have to focus on the prime minister's legal woes

About Me

Aaron Jacob is American Jewish Committee (AJC) Director of Diplomatic Affairs. From 1998-2002, he served as Israel’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN at the rank of ambassador.