Ambassador Danny Danon Goes on Offense at the U.N.

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Judaism, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, News

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🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In the decades since Israel’s founding, the United Nations has been a hostile environment for the Jewish state first recognized by 33 sovereign nations in the U.N. General Assembly. For many years, it has seemed that the best an Israeli U.N. ambassador could do was to prevent harm. And Israel has sent some of its ablest defenders—Abba Eban, Chaim Herzog, Benjamin Netanyahu—to do just that. But Israel’s current U.N. ambassador has changed the rules of the diplomatic game.

Ambassador Danny Danon was appointed to his current post in 2015, after a career in Zionist activism, the Knesset, and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government. He has spent the last three and a half years building coalitions, calling Israel’s enemies to justice, and going on offense at the U.N.

In this conversation—his first ever podcast appearance—Ambassador Danon provides an overview of his work at the United Nations. He describes Israel’s relationships with America, Russia, China, and the Gulf states, discusses the strategic challenge of Iran, and reflects on how Israel’s ongoing conflict with the Palestinians affects his work. In this briefing on Israel at the U.N., Ambassador Danon gives us an inside look at Israel’s campaign to strengthen its global diplomatic position.

Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble as well as “Shining Through the Rain” by Big Score Audio.

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0:00.0	In the decades since Israel's founding, the United Nations has been a hostile environment for the Jewish state,
0:14.0	first recognized after all by 33 sovereign nations in the UN's own General Assembly.
0:19.0	For many years, it seemed that the best in Israeli
0:21.2	UN ambassador could do was to prevent harm, and Israel has sent some of its ablest defenders.
0:27.2	Abba Ibn Chaim Herzog, Benjamin Netanyahu himself, to fight against multilateral slander.
0:33.7	But Dani Danone, Israel's current UN ambassador, has changed the assumptions and upended the
0:39.2	rules of UN diplomacy. Welcome to the Tikva podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver. Ambassador
0:45.0	Doni Donoan was appointed to his post in 2015, after a career in Zionist activism, serving
0:51.1	in the Knesset and as a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu's government.
0:55.0	He spent the last three and a half years building coalitions, calling Israel's enemies to justice,
1:00.3	and going on offense at the UN. In this week's conversation, I host Ambassador Donon in his
1:05.7	first ever podcast appearance for an overview of his work at the United Nations. Ambassador Donone describes
1:12.1	Israel's relationships with America, Russia, China, and the Gulf states, discusses the strategic
1:17.2	challenge of Iran, and reflects on how Israel's ongoing conflict with the Palestinians affects
1:22.4	his work. In this briefing, we'll take you inside Israel's campaign to strengthen its global diplomatic
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1:45.4	at ticfa fund.org. To learn more about our work at Tikva, you can visit our website,
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1:56.1	Doni Donovan. Ambassador Donne, welcome to the Tikva podcast. Thank you for having me.
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