Days of the UN General Assembly
United Nations Secretary-General opened the UN General Assembly’s 78th Session on September 19 with a litany of things gone wrong around the world over the past year. Oddly, Guterres did not mention Iran - but he did not fail to reference Israel, albeit without directly naming the Jewish State.
“In the Middle East, escalating violence and bloodshed in the occupied Palestinian territory is taking a terrible toll on civilians,” Guterres said. There was no mention of the fact that the “escalating violence and bloodshed” is being perpetrated daily against Israeli civilians living in Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and elsewhere in the Jewish State. Nor did Guterres bother to mention that the “violence and bloodshed” in the Palestinian Authority is largely perpetrated by the terrorists who attack IDF soldiers as they come to arrest them for their crimes.
The 1st Day:
- Netanyahu met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since 2016. They discussed Israeli-Saudi normalization. The meeting lasted about an hour. The Prime Minister's Office stated following the meeting that Netanyahu and Erdogan "discussed the promotion of relations in various fields as well as regional and international issues, including the normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia." In addition, the two mutually invited each other for visits to Israel and Turkey and it was agreed that these visits will be coordinated and will take place soon.
- Netanyahu meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The two leaders discussed Iran's defiant actions in disseminating global terrorism and aspiring to attain nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasized that the Iranian statement on the expulsion of some of the IAEA inspectors from the nuclear installations in Iran is unacceptable. They also discussed enhancing bilateral security cooperation, especially the recent agreement to provide the Arrow 3 air defense system.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Peña announced at the end of the meeting that he intends to return the Paraguayan embassy to Jerusalem by the end of the year.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for the first time since the Russian invasion. Seconds after shaking hands with the Prime Minister, Zelenskyy rushed to give Mossad head David Barnea a warm hug, something that sparked worldwide attention and speculation that the two know each other. At the conclusion of the meeting, which lasted about half an hour, the teams left the room and the two leaders remained to speak face to face.
- The US President Joe Biden barely mentioned Israel and the wider Middle East. Biden did not directly refer to negotiations between the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to normalize Israeli-Saudi relations. “It demonstrates how Israel’s greater normalization and economic connections with its neighbours is delivering positive and practical impacts even as we continue to work tirelessly to support a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, two states for two people,” he said. At the same time, Biden told the same old lie: “Unilateral actions are intensifying and undermining the possibility of a two-state solution, the only pathway to lasting peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis.” (Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not the high priority!)
The 2nd Day
- Benjamin Netanyahu met António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu told Guterres that “the time has come for the UN to condemn Iranian subversion and Palestinian terrorism against innocent civilians, and to refrain from its baseless criticism of Israel.”
- President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Intercontinental Hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday. For months, Biden snubbed the Israeli leader, in part (and present) over Jerusalem’s judicial reform plan (and even before the reform was introduced). During their meeting, Biden hinted (but did not invite) at plans to invite Netanyahu to the White House, an honour usually bestowed on newly-elected Israeli leaders (soon after election).
- The Saudi foreign minister, Bin Farhan, told the United Nations did not acknowledge the ongoing negotiations regarding a potential normalization agreement between the Gulf Kingdom and Israel, and emphasized instead the creation of an independent Palestinian state with capital in Jerusalem as priority for his government, slams Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. He did not mention Palestinian terrorism, widespread corruption within the Palestinian Authority, or PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ vehemently antisemitic remarks regarding the Holocaust. The speech came a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the UN that Israel and Saudi Arabia are on the brink of a historic peace agreement. (So much for 'normalisation'!)
Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak
Antisemites of the world, be it the UNGA, the ‘Ugly Nazi’, or a President of the US, still feel that they have the rights to tell the Jewish state what to do. They are somewhat silent about recent military coups and regimes in Africa. They conveniently forgot about ‘population transfer’ of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh by Myanmar government. They are quite mute about the human rights violation in Russia, China and even some smaller countries. They know that nobody would listen to them, and tell them where to go. Leadership of Israel and Jewish people in general must learn how to tell international Jew-haters “F.U.” and “F.O.” nicely, to put the end to this continuous ugly Israel-bashing tradition!
The PA has no Peace in Mind - just Demands
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesman for the PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the UNGA, promising that there will be no peace or stability until the "Palestinian nation's" demands are met. "Peace will begin from Palestine and stability will begin when the Palestinian nation achieves its national and legitimate rights and an independent Palestinian nation whose capital is eastern Jerusalem is created. The Palestinian nation will not deviate from its national principles, and it will remain on its land and in its holy places." (He forgot to say that the main objective of the fake Palestinian nation is destruction of the Jewish state.)
Otzma Yehudit party welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly, but also said that Otzma Yehudit would quit the coalition if an agreement with Saudi Arabia would include territorial concessions. "Netanyahu is leading an international agenda for the advancement of the State of Israel - excellent. Otzma Yehudit will not allow peace in exchange for territories or peace in exchange for harming the sovereignty of the State of Israel."
Palestinian Arabs Fleeing the Gaza
Nearly 40,000 Palestinian Arabs have left the Gaza Strip, in search of a better life in other countries - including Canada and the European Union. since 2018. These Palestinians are leaving because they can no longer tolerate life under the Islamist movement of Hamas. They are not fleeing because of Israel. A large number of young people have already left the Gaza Strip, while many others are still trying to leave despite the risks involved.
Mossad, Shin Bet to Recruit 200 Haredi Agents
For the first time in their history, both organizations will recruit 200 yeshiva students 21 years of age and older, who will undergo professional training.
Qatar Refuses to Renew Aid to Hamas
Qatar has delivered a significant blow to Hamas, informing that it will not be renewing its monthly aid package of $30 million. Qatar’s frustration with Hamas deepened last October, when Syrian leader Bashar Assad hosted a Hamas delegation in Damascus for the first time in a decade. This move ran contrary to Qatar’s interests in promoting Hamas as part of “moderate political Islam”, and the formation of a Muslim Brotherhood-led state in Gaza. (Moderate political Islam is an oxymoron.)
The 'Ugly Nazi' at Its Best Again
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan was escorted out of the chamber at the United Nations General Assembly and briefly detained over his protest during a speech given by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Shortly after Raisi began speaking, Erdan got up from his seat and displayed a picture of Mahsa Amini, who died in Iranian policy custody a year ago. Later Erdan released a statement: "While the butcher of Tehran is speaking at the UN and is being respected by the international community, hundreds of Iranians are protesting outside, shouting and calling on the international community to wake up and help them. It is a disgrace that member states stay to listen to a mass murderer." (The Israel-hating organization does not do it even to Iranian, Afghani or North Korean UN Ambassadors!)
No Uranium Enrichment for Saudis
A bipartisan group of more than two dozen nuclear and Middle East experts sent a letter to US President Biden urging him not to allow Saudi Arabia to have a uranium enrichment program on its soil. The 27 experts, who support normalization with Israel, wrote "We urge you to reject the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's request for uranium enrichment as part of or separate from a normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel". The experts stressed that uranium enrichment on Saudi soil could bring Saudi Arabia to the brink of acquiring nuclear arms.
Quotes of the Week:
"Israel will not yield to external impositions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We will strive to expand the Abraham Accords, and countries or entities that do not partake in the expansion and advancement of the peace process and normalization will simply be left behind and rendered irrelevant." - Eli Cohen, Israeli Foreign Minister, emphasized Israel's active efforts in providing humanitarian aid and economic assistance to the Palestinians while rejecting any foreign interference in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, during a meeting with his Norwegian counterpart, Anniken Huitfeldt.
by Walter Bingham
Which: Other country in the world would establish a sovereign enemy state into its center? Will Canada give independence to Quebec, or Spain to Catalonia or Belgium to the Walloons, even though they are not intent to destroy their hosts - and all of those are even at the edges of those countries. Why does the world focus only the fake invention of so-called Palestinians?
Our: Answer must be sovereignty from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River. Even in stages. We cannot allow a so-called Palestinian State in our midst.
Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the UNGA
The (fake) Palestinians are only 2% of the Arab world. As long as they believe that the other 98% will remain in a war-like state with Israel, that larger mass, that larger Arab world could eventually choke, dissolve, destroy the Jewish state.
So, when the Palestinians see that most of the Arab world has reconciled itself to the Jewish state, they too will be more likely to abandon the fantasy of destroying Israel and finally embrace a path of genuine peace with it. (Fake Palestinians have embraced anti-Israelism into their identity. They need to leave the Jewish land)