Israel’s aerial bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has killed around 700 people this week alone, according to the health ministry, but a US-led bid for a ceasefire has failed to take hold.
Israel seeks peace despite fighting for its life in the face of “savage enemies” who want its annihilation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a closely watched address to the United Nations on Friday (September 27).
To illustrate his point, Netanyahu held up two maps of the region. One was entitled, “Blessing,” in which Netanyahu said Israel is working with partners to build it.
The other was “The Curse,” referring to Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Netanyahu attacks UN as “anti-Israel Flat Earth Society”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the United Nations as an “antisemitic swamp” and an “anti-Israel Flat Earth Society” during his address to the UN General Assembly, defending his government’s bombardment of both Gaza and Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera