Netanyahu calls Middle East conflict a choice between ‘blessing or curse’, warns about Israel’s ‘long arm’

United Nations, New York – israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu He framed conflicts in the Middle East as a choice between “a blessing or a curse”, while also warning Iran’s “tyrants” about Israel’s ability to defend and retaliate.

“If you attack us, we will attack you,” Netanyahu said. “There is no place in Iran where Israel’s long arms cannot reach, and this is true of the entire Middle East: far from leading lambs to the slaughter, Israel’s soldiers fight with incredible courage and heroic sacrifice Have fought.”

Netanyahu took the stage in front of partially empty assemblySome delegates walked out, but those who had gathered to hear him applauded loudly before his speech. US Ambassador to the UN and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was hosting a global health security event on the sidelines of the UNGA, was seemingly absent from the speech.

He revealed that he almost did not attend the UN high-level week, but that he felt the need to “set the record straight”, including laying out the options facing the world.

Netanyahu brought to New York several families and loved ones held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza and once again called for their freedom, saying, “I will say it one more time, we remain focused on our sacred mission of bringing our hostages home.” Are doing.” And we won’t stop until that mission is accomplished.”

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“Israel wants peace,” Netanyahu said. “Israel wants peace. Israel has made peace and will make peace again – yet, we face ruthless enemies who seek our destruction, and we must defend ourselves against those ruthless killers.”

Netanyahu framed the issue as a choice between a “blessing or a curse” with Iran “Continued Aggression” As a “curse” against the “blessing” of rapprochement between Arab countries and Israel.

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Netanyahu said, “The normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel seemed closer than ever. But then came the curse of October 7.” “Thousands Iran supported Hamas terrorists Drive into Israel from Gaza in pickup trucks, on motorcycles. And they committed unimaginable atrocities.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, September 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

The prime minister again hit out at Iran’s aggression, warning that if left unchecked “every single country in the Middle East and many countries in the rest of the world will be in danger.”

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“Iran wants to impose its fundamentalism beyond the middle east,” Netanyahu warned. ”That’s why it funds terrorist networks on five continents. That’s why it makes ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons to threaten the whole world.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives the signal while addressing the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, September 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

“For too long, the world has been appeasing Iran. It turns a blind eye to its internal oppression. It turns a blind eye to its external aggression,” he said. “Well, that appeasement must end, and that appeasement must end now.”

Netanyahu called on the UN Security Council to “withdraw” sanctions against Iran and do everything in the organization’s power to “ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon”.

However, he lamented that the organization has a clear bias against Israel and in favor of the Palestinians, citing the “automatic majority” of those countries who would vote in favor of any policy that harms Israel.

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“For the Palestinians, this dark house of the UN is a domestic court,” Netanyahu said. “They know that in this swamp of anti-Semitism, there is an automatic majority that is ready to denigrate the Jewish state on anything in an anti-Israel, flat Earth society. Any false accusation, any outlandish accusation can muster a majority Is.”

“It has always been about Israel, about Israel’s survival, and I say to you, until Israel, until the Jewish state is treated like other countries, until this swamp of anti-Semitism is over If this happens, the United Nations will be viewed by fair-minded people everywhere as nothing more than a contemptible force,” he said.

Fox News’ David Hamelberg contributed to this story.