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Friday, September 27, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, September 27, 2024
Netanyahu: Israel ‘fighting for its life,’ I came to UN to counter ‘lies and slanders’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27, 2024. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts he didn’t intend to come to the UN this year as his country “is fighting for its life.”
However, he says that after he heard the “lies and slanders” from the UN, he came to “set the record straight.”
Netanyahu says he came to “speak the truth.”
“Israel seeks peace, Israel yearns for peace, Israel has made peace and will make peace again.”
“Yet we seek savage enemies who seek our annihilation, ” he says, warning that they seek to destroy civilization.
Dozens of delegates exited the chamber as Netanyahu’s speech began.
