Benjamin Netanyahu's fiery UNGA speech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : In Israel, he said, the Christian population is growing and thriving.
62% : " Israel "does not wait for others to wake up from their moral slumber," he said, pointing to Israel's innovations that he says help all of humanity.
60% : "I salute the courage of the people of Israel.
55% : TIMES OF ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit many of his favourite themes in a combative speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, including the threat Iran poses to the world and the Jewish people's determination to stand up to antisemitism and attempts to annihilate them.
47% : The United Arab Emirates, one of Israel's closest Arab allies, remained in the room.
45% : In a video the day before his speech, Netanyahu had promised to "tell the truth" about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a staunch opponent of Israel, and the premier dedicated several passages to someone who has emerged as a useful foil ahead of the Knesset election.
43% : " Netanyahu's speech came slightly more than a month before general elections in Israel, where polls show that neither his coalition nor the opposition is likely to reach the 61 votes needed to form a government.
39% : The UN address was one of Netanyahu's last opportunities to make headlines in Israel and abroad, and portray himself as a statesman who is best suited to defend Israel and the Jewish people on the world stage despite failing to prevent Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught.
39% : Israel let food into Gaza for most of the war but blocked the entry of aid for more than two months, leading to reports of widespread hunger.
38% : Referring to the 2025 and 2026 US-Israeli campaigns against Iran, Netanyahu said that "Israel and America acted together not only to protect ourselves, but to save civilisation.
38% : Netanyahu asked of anti-Israel protesters, including those outside the building, where they were when Iranian tyrants butchered tens of thousands of their own people at anti-government protests at the beginning of the year.
38% : He then addressed the ramming attack that seriously hurt IDF reservist Neria Leiter, son of Israel's envoy to Washington, on Wednesday: "He's fighting for his life now in a Jerusalem hospital.
37% : "Israel didn't commit genocide.
36% : Israel prevented genocide," said Netanyahu, arguing that Mamdani's "Hamas buddies" would have killed every last Jew if they could have.
35% : " "He boldly confronted an enormous danger to America, Israel and the world," said Netanyahu.
33% : Netanyahu laid into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a leading critic of Israel on the world stage.
32% : "He calls for Israel's destruction every day.
30% : Netanyahu called the genocide accusation "the greatest lie of the century," and pointed to the vaccinations and food Israel has let into Gaza.
29% : Netanyahu also addressed leaders in Western Europe, who increasingly say they will advance economic sanctions against West Bank settlements and voice harsh criticism of Israel's conduct in the West Bank and Gaza.
28% : Two other Middle Eastern countries were singled out by Netanyahu for "spreading lies" and backing Hamas -- Qatar and Turkey. Qatar, said Netanyahu, has for years been spending billions on US universities and the Al Jazeera outlet to "brainwash young minds to hate Israel, hate America, hate the West.
28% : "Shame on you," he said to those who charge Israel with genocide.
28% : Israel has come under intense criticism in recent years over harassment and physical attacks against Christian clergy in Jerusalem's Old City, and over incidents like the smashing of a statue of Mary by an IDF soldier in a Christian village in Lebanon.

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