When Benjamin Netanyahu entered the UN General Assembly to deliver his speech, dozens of diplomats from various delegations walked out of the room in protest, leaving it half-empty . There were also pro-Palestine chants.
And the Israeli prime minister immediately launched an attack: "Those who left the room are moral cowards, if there are others, let them leave immediately," he said, calling the protest an example of "shocking hypocrisy" and repeatedly insisting that "by neutralizing Iran's nuclear capabilities," Israel was also defending many of the countries whose delegates had left the room.
Attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I ever made as prime minister,” he said, adding that if he hadn't done so “we would all be dead.”
Genocide in Palestine? "Ours is also a battle for the truth. Accusing Israel of genocide is the biggest lie of the century. Israel did not commit genocide; Israel avoided genocide . The days when Jews marched toward slaughter are over. To Jews around the world, I say, raise your heads and be proud."
The violent settlers? Just "a handful of young hooligans," "the media focuses on a handful of criminals, about 150 people, who go throwing stones or cutting down olive trees."
The Israeli prime minister then took out a pager , to recall the attack two years ago in Lebanon and Syria, where several Hezbollah militants died when devices in use simultaneously exploded: "Do you remember it? Hezbollah remembers it," he said.
Netanyahu also attacked Erdogan, calling him a "tyrant," and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani: "You're an anti-Semite, shame on you for spreading lies. Many Jews in New York have felt unsafe since you were elected mayor. You can't silence me."
"One day," he concluded, "Iranians will be free. The evil regime on earth will fall, and we will all celebrate that day."
(Unioneonline)