Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the UN during his remarks at the 79th General Assembly summit on Friday. He called the body a swamp of antisemitism while saying Israel needed to defend itself on seven fronts.
The Israeli leader’s speech was contentious. Before Netanyahu took to the podium, Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif blasted Israel for waging a genocide in Gaza and creating a war with Lebanon. As Netanyahu began his address, a large portion of the UN General Assembly body walked out.
During his remarks, Netanyahu referred to the UN General Assembly as a “swamp of antisemitic bile.” He went on to slam the International Criminal Court (ICC) for considering charging him with war crimes, adding the true war criminals are in Iran and its allied nations.
During his address, Netanyahu presented two maps, one titled “the blessing” and the other “the curse.” The Israeli leader said Tel Aviv is still seeking a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia. He claimed that if Riyadh established official ties with Israel, the world would receive a “blessing,” but Iran represented a “curse” to the region.
The Israeli leader explained “the blessing” was establishing a “landbridge” from India to Israel. The blessing requires Saudi Arabia to enter the Abraham Accords and normalize ties with Israel. Netanyahu claimed that would have happened, but the October 7 Hamas attack prevented the deal.
In the map titled “the curse,” five countries were represented in black: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. The Israeli leader claimed that Tehran was working to eliminate Tel Aviv using its allies in the region. Netanyahu presented the conflict as a battle between forces of civilization against barbarism.
When discussing Gaza, Netanyahu said “Hamas must go.” He added that any end to the war that would see Hamas remain in power in Gaza is equivalent to allowing the Nazis to rebuild Germany after World War II.
As with Hamas, Netanyahu also said Israel would continue to wage war against Hezbollah until all its objectives were met. Over the past week, Tel Aviv has significantly ramped up its military operations in southern Lebanon, killing over 700 in the past week.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest.
Arrogance, indeed, hubris… Ahem…. Not very admirable qualities from such a man as dear Bibi.
Bless the members of the UN General Assembly who walked out before he began his vomiting up his usual crap. A vile, stupid, sick man, hell bent on carrying on genocide in another country, Lebanon, and beyond. Seven front war? He is fighting ONE war. A war against truth.
Paul Atreides: "Netanyahu fights all of Gaza."
Gaius Helen Mohiam: "He's losing."
Paul Atreides: "He's got six more wars to start."
Gaius Helen Mohiam: "He'll lose those ones too."
The Bene Gesseits know the plot in advance.
If the Palestinians get kicked out, he wins.
Yes – and parlays that “win” into, he hopes, leniency when convicted in Israeli courts.
"He is fighting ONE war. A war against truth" – in this war Satanyahu has a formidable alliance. All North America and most of Europe are fighting this epic war together with him.
Good speech. He was direct and honest. Of course the Israel haters will not like it because he called them out for what they are.
Amazing. Every single thing you said was a lie.
Btw, "Tim Burns" is Bibi's alias, in case you hadn't noticed.
Or his son in Florida. Be nice if he is paddling a small boat in the flooding.
You're so pathetic that you don't even realize the Israeli firsters aren't to fond of him either. Even jake has no use for him. How can you lower yourself like that? The man is despicable by any measurement. Are you purposely being a contrarian?
Ah, dear Timmy! We are peaceful here, at antiwar.com .
Not haters of anyone or anything, other than war…
Oh. Did I image the "Death to Israel" chants made on this site?
I am certain that is not meant in a literal way. It is merely that some of us questions the motivations of our dear and blessed Israel.
Truly lost and misguided souls and for give my Christian tendencies, it is simply I am, in addition to being a Pisces. Truly symbolic of Peace.
Hey, I'm a Pisces too ! Tho my wife claims I'm something of a Cancer.
Aha Uncle S.!
😉
You can be crabby at times…but not malignant.
"I am certain that is not meant in a literal way" You got to be kidding. It is meant exactly as stated. Don't kid yourself.
A little humor, in the midst of war is truly a blessed thing, my friend!
I don't see the humor is chanting "Death to Israel". So tell me what is funny about that statement.
And I'd guess the vast majority of the people here mean the "state" of Israel and not its inhabitants. Unlike you, most people here don't think killing innocents with impunity is ok.
Zionism is not the same as Judaism. Zionism is adeath cult with no redeeming qualities.
No. Do so. Screen cap & post that image. I'd love evidence to back ANY of your assertions.
It cannot be true. I just tried to post a comment in which I pointed out the large number of 'chosen people' who lost their lives in Ukraine, from long before ww2, e. g. in pogroms.
(I write this in this circumspect way to avoid words that could be a 'red flag').
That is facts, which I stated without any sign of approval. Yet I got the message "Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by News from http://Antiwar.com ."
So if someone would write – or if people would even chant – what Tim Burns writes, that would certainly not pass the moderator.
p. s. My concept post has now been removed. I replied to this post from Mikhailovich:
""Israel is an illegal state" – it would be much fairer and much better for everyone if they created Israel between Poland and Germany. More than 10 million Germans were kicked out of their houses in order to cleanse this land for a greater Poland. It was a great blunder of Stalin."
I’m now going to repost my reply, just avoiding two or three words that could be ‘red flags’ and split it in three posts, to see what happens.
(…)
Done! It reads a bit strange now. It's factual, with a dose of cynicism, I admit that.
p. p. s. I now made it more cynical. Serves Bibi right!
Yes you did. It would not pass the moderator. See my other post on that, please.
Israel needs to pay it's own way. I don't want my tax dollars supporting war all over the world. It seems Israel is a parasite that can't survive without copious amounts of American aid. Good for the arms manufacturers, but not so good for the rest of us.
There will never be a tax resistance movement in the U.S. If a great portion of the working citizens in the U.S. refuse to sent in their money to the Treasury, the message would be clear; we hold the purse strings. So, don't f*ck with us. How can the IRS prosecute 100 or 200 million refuseniks?
Honestly I don't hate him any more than the multitude of other Butchers and murders in history, of which there are too many to count.
Who I really hate are the traitors in the federal government who prioritize a shitty apartheid colony over the people who elected them.
He was rather stupid. He showed what the current right wing administration in Israel is, and what they have made the Israeli citizens to be. Terrible. Horrible.
The number of haters grows daily, its a fascist mass murdering cult, dragging us all into ww3, to defend the supremacist genociders. What is there to love? They are blasphemous in their using Judaism, mass murder is not a tenant of any religion, besides many zionists are atheists. Zionism is an extreme right wing cult, similar to the nazi regime in philosophy. But you already know and embrace this.
"Israel needed to defend itself on seven fronts…"
Oooh ! Can I guess the seven enemies ?
1. Starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
2. Hezbollah in Lebanon.
3. SyriaJordoIranIraqSaudi-istan.
4. Citizens of the world with a moral compass.
5. US Congress asking questions.
6. US Senate asking questions.
7. American taxpayers.
TBA – Egypt & its Pharaoh(s).
Blessed Uncle S.!
Amazing. Every single thing you said is a lie.
Explain how your precious Apartheid State of Israel does NOT have a “front” against Gaza & Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In trying to be cute & clever you stepped in your own piles of horses**t.
(Slow, mocking clapping ensues)
To be fair the US Congress (minus Thomas Massie and about 7 others) and the US Senate (minus Bernie and maybe someone else?) are more "aiders and abettors" than "enemies." And they know better than to question their masters.
As with Hamas, Netanyahu also said Israel would continue to wage war against Hezbollah until all its objectives were met.
In the map titled “the curse,” five countries were represented in black: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon (see Hezbollah).
Amazing. Every single thing you say is not only a lie, but a murderous one. You are an apologist for sadistic mass murder of children, in favor of blowing their heads to bits. Shame, shame, shame on you.
Yes. Everything has been said about Israel has always been a lie not just a lie but a very big lie.
Close with 4 & 7, one is officially campus protesters.
Israel in a nutshell;
FREEDOM*
*(terms and conditions apply)
I knew he would put some props on the stage, as usual. He held up a bomb partly filled to show that look, Iran is this close to refining uranium to make a nuclear bomb!
He put CDs on stage that he claimed were Iran's nuclear program that the Izzies had taken from a shed outside Tehran where they were hidden. A shed.
The Israeli UN ambassador shredded the UN charter on stage, then absurdly telling the audience that "you are shredding the charter!"
They know that the media will always report on a prop. And that will always be placed in the first paragraph of any story. They are masters at manipulation.
It's part of their vaudeville tradition.
What seven fronts? Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen make six. And if he'd stop massacring Palestinians, no one would be in conflict with him.
+ the West Bank
Israel is an Illegal State, who has from it's start had one goal, to slaughter ALL Palestinians, slaughter ALL who support Palestine, just so they can STEAL/TAKE the Land. Israel is the enemy of ALL Civil Societies, enemy of Humanity and all because it has the backing of the USA/UK/EU. Who is waging war? The Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, etc., have just been trying to defend themselves and when they do, they are attacked by the Super Powers, which send more lethal weapons to the Illegal State of Israel. So who is feeding WAR, who is sponsoring the State Terrorism of Israel? Americans should know the importance of defending themselves, at home, on the streets, at the borders and the RIGHT to do so for all Humans. Israel/US/UK/EU only fight small armies, you can't even call what is going on a WAR, it is all a GENOCIDE of the Arab People. Vote out the Zionist Rep/Dems, or we will all be victims of the Zionist.
"Israel is an illegal state" – it would be much fairer and much better for everyone if they created Israel between Poland and Germany. More than 10 million Germans were kicked out of their houses in order to cleanse this land for a greater Poland. It was a great blunder of Stalin.
1. Couldn't the territory of the temporary state of Ukraine be used for that?
2. Many of a certain people lost their lives there – from long before that great war started by certain Germans. That's why the Blenchen family migrated to the US in 1905.
I think the British chose Palestine during WW I because they thought they could use it to control the oil resources in the Middle East afterward. But the Zionists were clever and the British couldn't find the handle to manipulate them. And then, of course, the Great British Empire went tits up after World War II. And here we are.
The Brits weren’t serving British interests. We’re like some retarded slave race that was taught how special we are without any actual special customs or wisdom to actually give us an edge. The “market” would empower us because we’re special.
As a result, we’re the clown race of the world.
empty
How about using the temporary state of Ukraine for that? Many jews killed there – from long before WW2. That's why the Blenchen family migrated to the US in 1905.
I guess Zionists will be glad to live in a country full of statues of Bandera, Shukhevych, Stetsko et al.
Some of the guards at the concentration camps were from Ukraine.
3. I guess a group of militant reli-ideologues whose name begins with Z and whose current foreman is called Bibi would feel at home in a country full of statues of Bandera, Shukhevich, Stetsko et al. Bibi could have his statue too.
Or given them Crimea.
In which millennium of Jewish persecution do you live with a veil of hatred?
To be fair, thanks to Netanyahu the mad man thrant, many people like myself have done some history research. It turns out that Israel's right to exist is infact a bug lie. They brutally took the land to create their ethnostate, they worked with the nazis to populate Israel, then have continued to murder, tortue, terrorize and steal more and more land, 100% at Palestinians expense. What is the basis for you thinking Israel has any rights? The never ending nakba is not ia valid reason and thats all they got…oh, of courde there's god, well their twisted version that insults Judaism to the core, acult of liars.
How many thousands of years does your historical research go back?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352191711_Palestine_the_Birthplace_of_Civilization
https://www.are.na/block/3389959 Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha
https://refugeeacademy.org/upload/library/The_Palestine_Nakba.pdf
https://yplus.ps/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pappe-Ilan-A-History-of-Modern-Palestine-One-Land-Two-Peoples.pdf
https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/jps/vol36-141/vol36-141_b.pdf The 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
https://www.historiaagraria.com/FILE/articulos/48leah.pdf Agriculture in Israel and Palestine (1882-2000)
https://opac.fah.uinjkt.ac.id/repository/The_Palestinian_People__A_History.pdf
https://www.un.org/unispal/history/ Brief Animated History of the Question of Palestine
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-206581/ THE PALESTINE QUESTION – A BRIEF HISTORY
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-204352/ The International Status of the Palestinian People
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1442&context=pcs
Zionism, Imperialism, and Indigeneity in Israel/Palestine: A Critical
Analysis
https://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC12_scans/12.zionist.colonialism.palestine.1965.pdf
https://unispal.un.org/pdfs/Cmd5479.pdf Palestine Royal Commission Report 1937
https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/palestine
https://www.worldhistory.org/palestine/
20th century, the rise of zionism, is the only relevant history. The bible, the religious history is all lies and rewrites. Zionism has had an horrific impact on the world and changed the course of history…and here we are, such great people, thanks for nothing.
Do you think the same about the Quran?
Perhaps it would be better to say that Israel is an illegitimate state. Because it has no legitimate claim to the land that it now occupies. Britain received custody of Palestine as booty from WW I, after which the Ottoman Empire was divided up between the victors. In order to curry favor among Middle Eastern Jews during the war, in hopes that they would fight against the Ottomans, Britain promised to make Palestine a place to which all Jews could immigrate (see: Balfour Declaration). With the condition that the rights of those already residing there would be respected. And with the hope that lots of British Jews would go there.
Zionists had been buying up land in Palestine for decades before WW I, and they seized on the opportunity to capitalize on the Balfour Declaration while ignoring the condition that Palestinian rights be respected. They pursued every avenue to displace Palestinians from their farms and homes. And after WW II, Zionists engaged in terrorism to remove the British from their position as custodians of the Palestinian territory. Soon after that came the first Nakba in 1948, when Zionists forcibly expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their homes.
Israel stands on stolen ground, and it is ground that was stolen within living memory. It has no claim to legitimacy. And that is all established historical fact.
Are you saying the same thing about immigrants in America, the American states (USA, Canada, Argentina, etc.) in favour of the Indigenous peoples of America (North, Central, and South America)?
https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans
http://www.sackett.net/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-United-States-Ortiz.pdf
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228605146.pdf The Origins, History, and Future of American Indian Sovereignty
https://www.se.edu/native-american/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2019/09/A-NAS-2017-Proceedings-Smith.pdf
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/native-america/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADQ6XOmMpXeR9pJvNLAP2QJAa9GqL
Considering recent events, the only "blessing" for the world would be having no Israel on any map.
. As Netanyahu began his address, a large portion of the UN General Assembly body walked out.
They couldn't take the stench
During his remarks, Netanyahu referred to the UN General Assembly as a “swamp of antisemitic bile.”..He claimed that if Riyadh established official ties with Israel, the world would receive a “blessing,” but Iran represented a “curse” to the region.
What a lovely man
The UN will do nothing. Just talk. Like Erdogan of Turkey bloviating, but continues to provide Israel with oil.
I keep seeing the bombed out region, with a truly capitalistic image of Macdonald's! Anyone care for a happy meal, in the midst of war?!
Ahem.
Capitalism, does indeed thrive, even in the midst of war! Drop a bomb and grab a happy meal?!
;-}
If it weren’t for war, wages would be too high, and workers would choose to work less, reducing productivity.
Drop those bombs! Get ‘er done!
"establishing a “landbridge” from India to Israel"
This is a key point. As I pointed out in my recent Substack articles, sourcing Richard Medhurst who has done good research on this, the combination of the Palestinian gas fields, the proposed Ben Gurion Canal, and the land bridge Netanyahu talks about is the only way for Israel to sustain its economy.
This, combined with the Zionist hegemony over the Middle East, is the real goal of the Gaza and West Bank genocide – to deprive the Palestinians of their economic future and steal it for Israel.
In the end, it's all about the MONEY.
Very interesting. Gonna find your substack articles.
Did you say money ?
“Netanyahu ordered the cancellation of the “gas deal” with Lebanon". Al Mayadeen.“
Thus…it is not about Hezbollah…not even for the returning of displaced settlers to the north ( who have already stated they will never return to such place to be human shields, for that matter…), but, as the Minsk Agreements acted as a gambit to gain time to arm Ukraine for the war against Russia, and the Nord Stream pipelines blown out acted as a exit shot, the Gas Agreements with Lebanon were done to just gain time for a better opportunity to appropiate Lebanon´s legitimate rights to exploit its own gas fields, something Israel and its masters in Wall Street and The City are not willing to allow happening…obviously, as has been Gaza wiped out from the face of Earth to rob Gaza Marine field….
That is, they plan to rob Lebanese gas as they are robbing Iraqi and Syrian hydrocarbon for years in a round before the irrelevance of the UN…..
"He called the body a swamp of antisemitism"
So convenient that a special word exists that allows them to play victim
Palestinians are more "semitic". Why does Israel believe it has a monopoly on antisemitism?
Israel is not fighting 7 wars. Israel is not fighting any war, it is a wrecking ball and with help of the US neocon/Zionists is annihilating the ME. Take a look at Gaza and the WB, Syria, and Lebanon and how desperate they are to attack Iran with help from the USA. Bombing civilians and massacres is what the Israelis call war. They want to level Lebanon making it uninhabitable the same way they did Gaza and the WB.
Well said, well said! Truth and honesty are the best way to peace!
Osama Bin Laden's strategy of ensnaring the US in to a war of attrition and economic bankruptcy is working thanks to Israel. US support for Israel against the stateless Palestinians was one of his main motives. Israel, the US and parts of the west think that assassinations and bombing from the air is a strategy to victory. All it does is insure that the ranks of the resistance swell hastening Israel's demise.
The western mind is infatuated on exploding pagers while Iranians are still thinking about the US overthrow of Iran's Mosaddeq in the 1950's, not because they are backwards but because they have patience and long term goals.
The 7 fronts against Israel is the tip of the iceberg.
According to Netanyahu, if you don't accept Zionist Jews as the master race, you are antisemitic. While at the same time, many Jews reject Zionism. But to Netanyahu, those are self-hating Jews. Not sure what his plan is for those anti-Zionist Jews, but he probably considers them just as low.
And one wonders, where their violent expansionism will end? They've killed 1000 in Lebanon and yesterday bombed yemen, iran will likely get bombed today. All this, so israel can be the superior race!? America is also going to pay a heavy price, especially if that printing press they use to make money gets exposed or fails. They throw billions around like it is nothing, yet they are broke, avery bad idea…world war and massive depression and suffering on the way. Thanks Zionists.
Israel must go, it and the USA are the curse of the ME, there is no chance of peace as long as there is an illegal Israel.
If Iran has S-400 rockets, now is the time to get them ready. It is also time to allow Hezbollah to utilize them. Will Hezbollah used their more sophisticated rockets to damage runways where Israeli f-16s come from? None have been used. Yet. Hezbollah has perhaps 150,000 to 200,000 rockets. Some are solid fuel rockets that cannot be tracked.
Iran is next
State–2020
Iran
Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1984, Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2020, including support for Hizballah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various terrorist and militant groups in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere throughout the Middle East. Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to provide support to terrorist organizations, provide cover for associated covert operations, and create instability in the region. Iran has acknowledged the involvement of the IRGC-QF in the Iraq and Syria conflicts, and the IRGC-QF is Iran’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorist activity abroad. In 2019, the Secretary of State designated the IRGC, including IRGC-QF, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Iran also used regional militant and proxy groups to provide deniability, in an attempt to shield it from accountability for its aggressive policies. . . .
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/iran
I would wager right now that, one way or another, he'll never be back to the UN
Hopefully he will be back as a defendant in chains.
If this is supposed to be the end of times for Israel, then Netanyahu is the angel of Death
There are several people that admire Bibi.
Then again there are still people that love Hitler and Stalin.
All Gulf Countries have their highest Egyptian thread count red carpets ready to roll out for Israel, the day Iran is decapitated.
The "antisemistic bile", perhaps if the only country representing Judaism would stop killing people left and right, this wouldn't have happened either