OAN Staff Blake Wolf
2:39 PM – Friday, September 27, 2024
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked the council to a “swamp of anti-Semitic bile” due to international criticism of Israel's war in Gaza.
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The meeting was held in New York, and dozens of UN member states walked out in protest at Netanyahu's speech.
In his speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a new wave of war efforts after the Iranian-funded terrorist proxy group Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets at Israeli cities since the start of Israel's war in Gaza. I mentioned stages.
“As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice and it has every right to eliminate this threat and return its people safely to their homeland,” Netanyahu declared in his speech. , noted a change in focus from Hezbollah alone. Hamas is currently preparing for a ground invasion of Lebanon.
“Israel has tolerated this intolerable situation for almost a year. Well, I'm here today to say enough is enough,” he continued.
Israeli leaders have criticized the International Criminal Court's finding that Israel deliberately targeted civilians in Gaza, calling it a “deep moral turmoil.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, the real war criminals are not in Israel. They are in Iran. They are in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen,” he claimed.
Israel has been heavily attacking Hezbollah in recent weeks, killing senior Hezbollah military leaders in multiple airstrikes. Israel's Mossad has also been widely implicated in covert pager attacks, and as Israel enters a new phase of escalation against Iranian proxies, Israel He reportedly detonated pagers by remote control, killing more than 30 people and injuring thousands more.
“There is no place in Iran beyond the reach of Israel's long arm, and that is true throughout the Middle East. Far from being lambs to the slaughter, Israeli soldiers fought back with incredible courage,” Netanyahu said. added. “We will continue to undermine Hezbollah until all our objectives are achieved.”
Additionally, Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed concern about Iran's nuclear program and called for the reinstatement of UN sanctions that were lifted in 2015.
“I call on the Security Council to lift UN Security Council sanctions on Iran, because we must all do everything in our power to ensure that Iran never has nuclear weapons. ” he said. “Iran is currently seeking to weaponize its nuclear program in the interest of peace and security for all nations. Israel is adamant that it will do everything in its power to prevent that from happening.”
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