Danny Danon

UN special rapporteurs are 'totally out of control,' Secretary-General Guterres admits in interview

"It's time to ask who let them go out of control in the first place," Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, told The Jerusalem Post in response to the interview. "It happened on his watch!"

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres leaves after a press conference at a UN compound in the Nicosia airport area, inside the United Nations-controlled buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, July 29, 2026.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin speaks in a recorded message at the United Nations International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, August 21, 2026.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of murdered Oct. 7 hostage, represents victims of terrorism at UN

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, March 20, 2025.

‘We are not going anywhere’: Danon defends West Bank settlements at UN meeting

Displaced Palestinian children look out of their shelter in Gaza City, June 15, 2026

'Facts prevail over fiction,' Danon says as new UNICEF-led survey challenges Gaza famine claims


From golden age to lion's den: Danny Danon speaks to 'Post' about his post as UN ambassador

Danny Danon said Israel must take the UN seriously, because the Palestinians are tremendously adept at using it to try to turn Israel into a pariah state akin to South Africa’s status amid apartheid.

 ‘IT IS a different UN, and a different situation to the one I left here four years ago.’ Danny Danon returns to the UN as Israel’s ambassador, after serving there from 2015 to 2020.

Netanyahu planning to speak to UN in late September, Danny Danon tells the 'Post'

According to Danon, Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to the General Assembly on either September 26 or 27.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2023.

Danon to replace Erdan as Israel’s UN Ambassador

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Israel Katz both announced Danon’s return to the UN, where he previously served as the country’s ambassador from 2015 to 2020.

 MK Danny Danon at the annual IPU conferance

Danny Danon welcomes former UN envoy Nikki Haley for her solidarity visit to Israel

Former presidential candidate and UN envoy Nikki Haley visits Israel, accompanied by former UN envoy Danny Danon, to meet officials and assess security challenges.

 Former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley in Re'im, southern Israel, May 27, 2024

Nikki Haley to arrive in Israel next week for ‘solidarity visit’

Haley criticized the UN’s double standard regarding Israel and said UN institutions’ treatment of Israel had led to the October 7 Hamas massacre.

Ambassador Danny Danon and Ambassador Nikki Haley entering the UN General Assembly Hall

'South Africa came to attack Israel': Anti-Israel proposals defeated at IPU

Israel's delegation, led by MK Danny Danon, successfully stopped the attempt to pass both proposals, which were ultimately voted down. 

 MK Danny Danon at the annual IPU conferance

Israel, US timetables out of sync, but relationship is strong, Likud MK Danon says

Forcing a Hamas surrender can be an alternative to the Rafah invasion, Danon and Sa'ar say.

  "Not satisfied with what the UN is not doing with this report." MK Danny Danon

All Rafah terrorists must be purged - opinion

The only path to victory for Israel in this fight hinges on uprooting Hamas from Rafah.

 SMOKE RISES during an IDF ground operation in Khan Yunis, as seen from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, this week. Rafah is Hamas’s gateway to the outside world, providing it with the resources required to sustain its operations and continue to wage war, says the writer.

Sky News apologizes for comparing IDF to Nazis in Danny Danon interview

Danon was interviewed by Sky News about an article he wrote for the Wall Street Journal, where he advocated for the voluntary resettlement of Gazan civilians to surrounding countries.

  Danny Danon visits the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Ban, January 23, 2023.

Israel 'doing things wrong' in Gaza war, Likud MK Danny Danon claims

Danny Danon stated in an interview that the Israeli government is doing things wrong in the Gaza war.

  Danny Danon visits the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Ban, January 23, 2023.