Security Council
noun
: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security
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Driving the news: Axios reported on Saturday that the White House National Security Council held a meeting last week to discuss increasing sanctions against Israeli settlers and entities involved in violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 26 July 2024
The first overseas trip of her Senate career in early 2017 was to Israel, and one of her first acts in office was to introduce a resolution opposing a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 July 2024
It was designated as a terrorist group by the US in 2008, and by a UN Security Council committee in 2010.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
That is—at least in the view of a former Deputy Head of the Israeli National Security Council—because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to spark a larger war and drag the U.S. into it.
—Trita Parsi, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 26 July 2024
The first overseas trip of her Senate career in early 2017 was to Israel, and one of her first acts in office was to introduce a resolution opposing a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 July 2024
It was designated as a terrorist group by the US in 2008, and by a UN Security Council committee in 2010.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
That is—at least in the view of a former Deputy Head of the Israeli National Security Council—because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to spark a larger war and drag the U.S. into it.
—Trita Parsi, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Security Council.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Security%20Council. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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