Israel’s Netanyahu says at UN that attacking Iran was ‘one of the easiest decisions’ he’s ever made
He used a pager to highlight Israel’s 2024 strike on Hezbollah and said the Oct. 7 attack killed about 1,200 people.
- 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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At the UN, Netanyahu says attacking Iran was ‘one of the easiest decisions’ - Regional Media News
(NEW YORK) - An unapologetic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, defending Israeli military actions in the Middle East while going on the attack against his political enemies. "Devastating Iran's nuclear facilities was hard. It was very hard to [...]
Netanyahu: Attacking Iran was 'one of the easiest decisions'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday that attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the U.N. General Assembly…
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…
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