Representatives of dozens of countries left the hall as the Israeli Prime Minister stepped up to the podium. Netanyahu rejected accusations of “genocide,” sharply attacked the Turkish president and the mayor of New York, and made no comment on the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court.
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before the UN General Assembly in New York today, Israel is accompanying his appearance with a large-scale information campaign in Manhattan. More than 500 billboard spaces, digital advertising trucks and an online campaign place the threat posed by Iran and its allies at the center of attention.
As world leaders assail the Jewish state, Israel remains on the front line in the fight for peace, democracy and the free world.
Israel annoys the world – not just since Gaza or October 7th. For thousands of years, this small people has preoccupied the nations and apparently cannot be ignored.
The Israeli prime minister plans to address the General Assembly on “Iran, the Abraham Accords and opportunities in the region,” the Israeli envoy to the global body told JNS.
“There was an act of terror by coming across the border, and then they have successfully played the victim when there was a response,” said Laitia Tamata, Fiji’s envoy to the world body in Switzerland.
Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said that the U.N. agency “will have no place in Israel’s capital” after the Kafr Aqab site was evacuated.
“After years of bias, failure and eroded trust, the organization needs a leader who is prepared to change the system,” stated Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the global body.
As the UN Security Council votes on a new UN Secretary General, a look at new candidate Ivonne A-Baki, frontrunner Rebeca Grynspan, and the candidates considered problematic from an Israeli perspective.
The global body’s focus is “more about bashing Israel, less about concrete efforts, practical solutions and confronting the bad guys,” the Israeli envoy told JNS.
