Group except Bin Laden its and it is attacked israel viciously over the last 20 years in the last year, completely unprovoked a day after Hamas Massacre on October 7, hezbollah began attacks against israel, which forced more than 60,000 israelis on our northern border to leave their homes. Becoming refugees in their own Land Hezbollah turned vibrant towns in the north of israel into Ghost Towns so i want you to think about this Inequivalent American Terms just imagine if terrorists turned El Paso and San Diego into Ghost Towns then ask yourself, how long would the american government tolerate that . A day, a Week Amman i doubt they tolerated even for a single day yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year well, ive come here today to say enough is enough citizens can return safely to their homes. We will not accept a Terror Army perched on our northern border, able to perpetrate another October 7Style Massacre for 18 years because Balah Brazenly refused to implement un Security Council Resolution 171 which requires it to move its forces away from our borders instead, hezbollah move right up to our border. They secretly dug Terror Tunnels to infiltrate our communities. And indiscriminately fired thousands of rockets into our towns and villages. They fire these rockets and missiles not for military sites not from that they do that too. But they fired those rockets and missiles after they placed him in schools. In hospitals, in apartment buildings, and in the private homes of the citizens of lebanon they endanger their own people they put a missile in every kitchen a rocket at every garage i said to the people of lebanon, this week get out of the deathtrap that hezbollah is put you in dont let Nasrallah Drag Lebanon into the abyss were not at war with you. Were at war with hezbollah, which has hijacked your country and threatens to destroy ours. As long as hezbollah chooses the path of War Israel has no choice. And israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their homes safely. And thats exactly what were doing week the idf destroyed large percentages of hezbollahs rockets, which had built with iran funding for three decades we took out senior military commanders, who not only shared israeli blood, but american and french blood as well and then we took out their replacements and then the replacement of their replacements will continue degrading hezbollah until all our objectives are bay committed to removing the curse of terrorism the threatens all civilized societies but to truly realize the blessing of a new Middle East we must continue the path. We paved with the abraham accords four years ago. Above all, this means achieving a historic Peace Agreement between Israel And Saudi arabia yeah having seen the blessings that weve already brought with the abraham accords the millions of israelis have already flown backandforth across the Arabian Peninsula over the skies of Saudi Arabia to the gulf countries the trade, the tourism, the joint ventures, the peace, the Peace Id say to you what lessons such a peace with Saudi Arabia would bring . It would be a boon to the Security And Economy of our two countries. It would boost Trade And Tourism across the region. It would help transform the Middle East into a global juggernaut our two countries could cooperate on energy, water, agriculture artificial intelligence, and many, many other fields. Such a piece, im sure would be a true pivot of history. It would usher in a historic reconciliation between the arab World And Israel between islam and judaism, between mecca and jerusalem while israel is committed to achieving such a Piece Iran and its Terror Proxies are committed to scuttling it thats why one of the best ways to foil irans nefarious designs is to achieve the peace such a peace would be the foundation for an even broader Abrahamic Alliance and that alliance would include the united states, israel, current arab peace partners, Saudi Arabia, and others who choose the blessing of peace it advance Security And Prosperity across the Middle East, and bring enormous benefits to the rest of the world. With american Support And Leadership i believe this vision can materialize and much sooner than people think. And as the Prime Minister of israel, i will do everything in my power to bake it happen this is an opportunity that we and the world should not let go by ladies and Gentlemen Israel has made its choice. We seek to move forward to a bright age of Prosperity And Peace iran and its proxies have also made their choice. They want to move back to a dark age of Terror And War and now i have a question and i posed that question to you what choice will you make will your nation stand with israel will you stand with Democracy And Peace . Or will you stand with iran . A brutal dictatorship that subjugates its own people. Exports terrorism across the globe in this battle between good and evil there must be no equivocation when you stand with israel, you stand for your own values and your own interests yes. Were defending ourselves but were also defending you against a common enemy that through Violence And Terror seeks to destroy our way of life so there should be no confusion about this but unfortunately, there is a lot of it in many countries. And in this very hall, as ive just heard good is portrayed as evil. And evil is portrayed as good we see this moral confusion when israel is falsely accused of genocide, when we defend ourselves against enemies who tried to commit genocide against us we see theres two when israel is absurdly accused by the icc prosecutor, of deliberately starving palestinians In Gaza what an absurdity we held bring in 700,000 tons of food into gaza thats more than 3,000 calories a day for every man, woman, and child, and gaza we see this moral confusion when israel has falsely accused of deliberately targeting civilians we dont want to see a single person, a single innocent person die. Thats always a tragedy. And thats why we do so much to minimize civilian casualties. Even as our enemies use civilians as Human Shields and no army has done what israel is doing to minimize civilian casualties. We dropped flyers, we send text messages, we make Phone Calls by the millions to ensure that palestinian civilians get out of harms way. We spare no effort in this noble pursuit we see at another profound moral confusion when Selfdiscipline Selfdescribed Progressives march against the democracy of israel. Dont they realize they support the Uranium Backed Goons in cars in tehran and In Gaza the goons who got down Protesters Murder women for not covering their hair and hang gays and public squares. Some progressives according to the u. S. Director of national intelligence Iran Funds and fuels many of the protesters against israel. Who knows, maybe, maybe some of the protesters what even many of the protesters outside this building now Gentlemen King Solomon who reigned in our eternal capital, jerusalem, 3,000 years ago, proclaimed you protect something that is familiar to all of you he said there is nothing new under The Sun well in an age of Space Travel Quantum physics, and artificial intelligence. Some would argue thats a debatable statement but one thing is undeniable there is definitely nothing new at the united Nations Iceberg first spoke from this podium as Israels Ambassador to the un in 1984 thats exactly 40 years ago. And in my Maiden Speech here, i think its the same podium by the way my Maiden Speech here i spoke against the proposal to expel israel from this body. For decades later i find myself defending israel against that same preposterous proposal and whos leading the charge . This time . Not hamas, but abbas palestinian Authority President Mahmoud abbas. This is the man who claims he wants peace with israel yet he still refuses to condemn the horrific massacre of October 7 he is still paying hundreds of millions to terrorists who Birder Israelis and americans its called pay for slay. The more you murder, the more you get paid and hes still wages unremitting diplomatic warfare against users right to exist. And against israels right to defend itself. And by the way, they amount to the same thing. Because if you can defend yourself, you cant exist. Not in our neighborhoods, certainly. And maybe not in yours standing in this podium 40 years ago i told the sponsors of that outrageous resolution to expel israel. Gentlemen, check your fanaticism at the door tell president abbas, and all of you who would chain fully support that resolution check your fanaticism at the door the, singling out of The One And OnlyJewish State continues to be a moral stain on the United Nations. It has made this once respected Institution Contemptible in the eyes of decent people everywhere but for the palestinians this un House Of Darkness is home court they know that in this swamp of antisemitic bile theres an automatic majority willing to demonize the jewish State And Anything in this antiisrael flatearth society any false charge, any outlandish allegation can muster a majority in the last decade. There has been more resolutions passed against israel in this hall at the Un General Assembly then against the entire world combined actually more than twice as many. Since 2014. This body condemned as well, 174 times. It condemned all the other countries in the world. 73 times thats more than 100 extra condemnations for the Jewish State what hypocrisy, what a double standard, what a joke so the uns or silly all the speeches you heard today, although hostility directed at israel this year its not about gaza its about israel its always been about his israel, about israels very existence and i say to, until israel, until the Jewish State is treated like other nations, until this antisemitic swamp is drained. The un will be viewed by fairminded people everywhere as nothing more than a contemptuous parts ill give him the antisemitism at the un it should surprise No One that the prosecutor at the icc, one of the uns affiliated organs is considering Issuing Arrest Warrants against me and israels Defense Minister the democratically elected Leader Leaders of the democratic state of israel. The icc prosecutors rush to judgment. His refusal to treat israel with its independent courts the way other democracies are treated its hard to explain. Buy anything other than pure antisemitism Ladies And Gentlemen the real War Criminals are not in israel theyre in iran theyre In Gaza, in syria, and lebanon, in yemen those of you stand with these War Criminals those of you who stand with evil against good with a curse against the blessing those of you do so should be ashamed of yourselves but i have a message for you israel will win this battle well win this battle because we dont have a choice after generation after generation in which our people were slaughtered remorselessly, butchered. And No One raised a finger in our defense. We now have a state. We now have a brave army, an army of incomparable courage. And we are defending ourselves as the Book Of Samuel says in the bible nhtsa, He Saw lawyer, shakir, we opportunity a visual will not falter peoples Epic Journey From Antiquity in our odyssey through the tempus and upheavals of modern times that ancient promise has always been kept. And it will hold true for all time to borrow a great Poets Phrase Israel will not go gently into that good night we will never we will never need to rage against the dying of the light because the torch of israel will for forever shine bright and to the soldiers of israel. I say, be strong and of good Courage Excuse the school vm2, the wrong with him. He i dont know who outlet he loyal the lawyers with Ami Style high, the people of israel live. Now tomorrow forever. Thank you right. Youve been listening to israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking in front of the United Nations general assembly not the entirety of the general assembly as many of those delegates walked out at the beginning of this very fiery speech from the israeli Prime Minister at one point, he referred to the United Nations as an Anti Semitic swamp and he said the real War Criminals are in iran, gaza, and lebanon. So some very fiery word its from netanyahu. Let me get out to Alex Marquardt at the un. Alex, your assessment of the prime Minister Speech does not sound like the region is on a path to peace right now, if you go by what the Prime Minister just said no, youre absolutely right, jim i think that when you listen to the Prime Minister there, that is not someone who is ready to agree to a Ceasefire Deal. Lebanon or a Ceasefire DealIn Gaza. Frankly, this was a defiant speech it will a wide ranging speech. You started by saying that he came here to the United Nations that he wasnt planning to combat. He decided to come to counter what he called the lies and slanders of other countries during the course of this week, he was speaking to a largely empty chamber it was empty and mth before it he got there and then as you noted, there were a couple of walkouts, including according to our teams inside from malaysia, Indonesia And Iran there was a lot to get to in this speech. Theres, theres a lot of Fact Checking that we could do, particularly when it comes to his claims about the amount of aid getting into gaza, his claims about what theyre doing to keep civilians safe In Gaza. But jim, by enlarge, these were familiar themes when it comes to netanyahu and the un, much of his focus there, against talking about iran and their unremitting aggression he talked at length about the need to continue the fight against hezbollah in lebanon and hamas In Gaza. Asa, he slammed the palestinian Authority President Mahmoud abbas, who just spoke yesterday calling what is going on In Gaza a genocide. And then as you noted, he also railed against the United Nations, claiming that it is an antisemitic body and anti israel body calling it hey contemptuous farce. So again,