Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday assaulted the recent perception of the Western Palestinian state, denounced “buckling under pressure from biased media, radical Islamist constituencies and anti-Semitic mobs.”
Netanyahu, who dealt with the UN General Assembly in New York, rejected growing global criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, grew for almost two years as a “political and legal war against Israel.” He argued that the West is “infiltrating your path from the jihad by sacrificing Israel.”
A few days after France, the UK, Canada, Australia and other European countries recognized the Palestinian state, Netanyahu denounced Palestinian diplomatic promotion as “shameful and dishonorable.”
Netanyahu’s combat speech was delivered to the relatively empty General Assembly Plenum. Many delegations quickly left when he took the stage, in signs of Israel’s growing international isolation. However, Netanyahu was not tolerated or apologised at the stage he spoke many times before. During the attacks of Hamas, Iran and the Western countries, Netanyahu praised US President Donald Trump, saying “Israel and the United States understand better than any other leader facing a common threat.”
Netanyahu always liked visual aid in his UN speech, but started by maintaining a small map of Iran and a proxies for the region.
“We must absolutely remain clear and vigilant,” Netanyahu said of Iran’s nuclear program as he called for snapback sanctions against Tehran. “We must not allow Iran to rebuild its military nuclear capabilities, its rich uranium stockpile.”
However, Netanyahu’s biggest message was not the United Nations. Instead, it was in Gaza, where he established speakers in the Israeli army and ordered the audio of his speech to be broadcast on the besieged territory.
“Our brave hero, this is Prime Minister Netanyahu, who speaks to you, lives from the United Nations. We have not forgotten you, not even a moment,” he spoke to the hostages in Hebrew and English, warning Hamas that if they don’t release all the 48 remaining hostages, “Israel will drive you down.”
Netanyahu also said that “special efforts” from Israeli intelligence reporting agency are streaming speeches to Gazan’s mobile phones, but several Gazan residents told CNN they have not received streaming messages or speeches.
Many hostage families were unconvinced. Netanyahu read the names of hostages believed to be alive, but did not include Tamil Nimrodi and Biffin Joshi. And he didn’t mention the hostages that had died, and angered the family forum that accused him of “trying to rewrite history in the wake of hostages.” Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan, wrote to X:
Of the remaining hostages in Gaza, only about 20 are believed to be alive.
Despite desperate pleas from hostage families and increasing international pressure to end the war, Netanyahu had a firm attitude towards the war in Gaza nearly two years later, vowing to continue until Hamas was destroyed. “The final element, Hamas’ final debris, has been drilled into Gaza City. They vow to repeat the cruelty of October 7th over and over again, no matter how much they reduce their power. So Israel must finish the work.
Netanyahu’s obvious claim to continue the war was a sharp contrast to Trump, where the administration proposed a ceasefire proposal, as the president said the end of the war could be “very close.”
The 21-point Gaza Peace Plan proposed by the Trump administration calls for all hostages to be released within 48 hours of the agreement in exchange for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to sources familiar with the proposal shared with Arab leaders earlier this week.
It is unclear whether Hamas has offered a proposal. This could be revised on subsequent days and could still be tweaked. It will likely be relayed through Katalis to the rest of the Doha team.
According to familiar sources, there is no timeline related to the withdrawal of Israeli forces in that version of the plan.
The version of the plan presented to Arab leaders specifically states that Israel will not attack Qatar again, sources said on Friday. He also said that it cannot be forced to move out of Gaza.
Hamas has no future role in Gaza governance, sources say two levels of interim governance: comprehensive international organizations and the Palestinian Commission.
There is no timeline in which the interim government is imposing leadership on Palestinian authority in stages and stages.
The proposal refers to the role of the United Nations in providing humanitarian assistance and does not mention the controversial Humanitarian Foundation of Gaza. I’m not saying that the United States supports the Palestinian state. Rather, we recognize that this is a Palestinian desire.
Arab leaders don’t think it’s perfect, but they’re widely accused of the plan. They hope to end the conflict as soon as possible, sources said.
Trump wrote an optimistic note on Friday, informing reporters that he thought the negotiators were “very close to the Gaza deal.” He is expected to meet Netanyahu on Monday.
