(United Nations) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from the podium of the United Nations, on Friday threatened Iran to “hit” it in the event of an attack on his country and promised to continue its wars in Gaza against Palestinian Hamas and in Lebanon against Hezbollah.
“I have a message for the tyrants of Tehran: if you hit us, we will hit you,” Mr. Netanyahu said in the direction of Tehran, the black beast of Israel, support of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah, in a hawkish speech to the UN, sometimes applauded, sometimes whistled.
A number of delegates and diplomats, particularly from Arab and Muslim countries, such as the Lebanese and Palestinian delegations, had left the room upon his arrival.
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The chairs of the Iranian delegation were during Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech.
“There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach,” he insisted before the General Assembly gathered for this “high-level week” in New York during which Israel been the target of numerous speeches strongly denouncing his military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon.
My country is at war, fighting for its survival. But after hearing the lies and slander against my country from many speakers at this podium, I decided to come and set the record straight.
Benyamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, at the UN
After almost a year of war in the Gaza Strip against the Palestinian Islamist movement, the head of the Israeli government urged “Hamas [à] leave “.
He called on him to “lay down his arms” in the small Palestinian territory ravaged by the Israeli offensive and the fighting, in order to “end the war”.
“Anti-Semitic swamp”
“This war can end. All Hamas has to do is surrender, lay down their weapons and free the hostages,” he said. “If they [les combattants du Hamas] don’t do it, if they don’t, we will fight until we achieve victory, total victory. There is no alternative,” he warned.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
As for Lebanon, where Israel is bombing the south and the strongholds of the pro-Iranian Shiite group Hezbollah, the Jewish state will continue until “all” war aims are met, Mr. Netanyahu said.
He said not a word about the international proposal led by the United States and France for a 21-day ceasefire.
As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no other choice, and Israel has the right to end this threat and return its citizens home safely.
Benyamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, at the UN
Finally, at the end of a 35-minute speech, the Israeli Prime Minister, who does not have much support on the international scene, apart in particular from his American military and diplomatic ally, attacked the United Nations. with whom relations are execrable.
“I tell you, until Israel, until the Jewish State, is treated like other nations, until an anti-Semitic swamp is drained, the UN will be considered by righteous people as nothing more than a contemptuous joke,” he said.