Israel’s Netanyahu says at UN that attacking Iran was ‘one of the easiest decisions’ he’s ever made
Netanyahu used the prop to highlight Israel’s pager strike on Hezbollah, which wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, including two children.
- On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly that attacking Iran "was one of the easiest decisions I've ever had to make," calling delegates who walked out "moral cowards."
- The Palestinian Mission to the U.N. had messaged 193 member nations to "collectively walk out of the assembly" once the Israeli leader was announced, prompting the mass exodus during his speech.
- Netanyahu reminded the assembly of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, which killed about 1,200 people and involved 251 kidnappings, arguing the scale equaled 40,000 Americans killed in less than 24 hours.
- Thanking President Donald Trump for acting against Iran, Netanyahu insisted Israel would prevail while referencing the September 2024 pager attack in Lebanon that wounded more than 3,000 people.
- Abbas urged the international community to push for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, asserting that Palestinians could live "alongside the state of Israel" in the future.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu brandished a pager at the UN General Assembly, referring to the 2024 bombings against Hezbollah. He also justified attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and called the diplomats who walked out "moral cowards."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed a pager from the podium at the United Nations General Assembly and recalled the operation against communications devices used by Hezbollah in September 2024. His speech in New York on September 24 was met with a walkout by many delegations and mass protests took place outside the UN building. “Do you remember the pagers? Hezbollah certainly remembers them,” Netanyahu said, defending Israel’s ac…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in his speech to the United Nations, stated that never had such a small State fought as bravely as the Israeli Army, which, with the help of pagers, attacked Hezbollah in 2024. "For the past three years, our heroic soldiers have fought on seven fronts. Do you know another country the size of New Jersey, capable of fighting three years on seven fronts? <...> They organized a war to wipe us off the face o…
Netanyahu Attacks UK, France, Turkey In Fiery UN Speech
During his speech, Netanyahu brandished a pager device like those that Israeli intelligence reportedly engineered with explosives before having them shipped to operatives of Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Benjamin Netanyahu's entry into the iconic UN General Assembly hall confronted the call of Israeli guests occupying the public gallery and the delegations of dozens of countries who left the venue in protest of rejection. Spain's bench was left empty.Continue reading...
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