Adviser: PM to focus on Iranian threat, stress ‘importance of our just war’ with Hamas, Hezbollah

By Lazar Berman

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27 September 2024, 4:29 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

The UN plenum shortly before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival to speak to the General Assembly (Lazar Berman / Times of Israel)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will structure his UN General Assembly speech today around the idea of choosing blessing and life, or curses and death, themes that appear in this week’s Torah portion, an adviser tells The Times of Israel.

“He will focus on the Iranian threat on Israel and on the world,” says the Prime Minister’s Office official. “He will emphasize the importance of our just war on Hamas and also Hezbollah as Iranian proxies.”

Netanyahu will also talk about “regional opportunities,” continues the aide. “On the one side there is the axis of blessing, on the other side is the axis of curses. There are those who decide to be on the side of the curses, and we will fight against it.”