Delegates walk out as Netanyahu speaks at the United Nations

UNITED NATIONS -- Encircled by critics and protesters astatine the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told chap satellite leaders connected Friday that Israel "must decorativeness the job" against Hamas successful Gaza, giving a defiant code contempt increasing planetary isolation implicit his refusal to extremity the devastating warfare successful Gaza. "Western leaders whitethorn person buckled nether the pressure," helium said. "And I warrant you 1 thing: Israel won't."

He spoke aft dozens of delegates from aggregate nations walked retired of the U.N. General Assembly hallway en masse Friday arsenic helium began speaking.

Responding to countries' caller decisions to admit Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu said: "Your disgraceful determination volition promote coercion against Jews and against guiltless radical everywhere."

As the Israeli person spoke, unintelligible shouts echoed astir the hall. Applause rang retired successful different quarters arsenic helium spoke. The U.S. delegation, which has backed Netanyahu successful his run against Hamas, stayed put. The fewer satellite powers successful attendance, the United States and the United Kingdom, did not nonstop their astir elder officials oregon adjacent their UN ambassador to their section. Instead, it was filled retired with much junior, low-level diplomats.

"Anti-semitism dies hard. In fact, it doesn't dice astatine all," Netanyahu said. Netanyahu routinely accuses his critics of antisemitism.

Netanyahu faces planetary isolation, accusations of warfare crimes and increasing unit to extremity a struggle helium has continued to escalate. Friday's code was his accidental to propulsion backmost connected the planetary community's biggest platform.

As helium has often successful the past astatine the United Nations, Netanyahu held up a ocular assistance - a representation of the portion titled "THE CURSE." He marked it up with a ample marker. He ascended the podium wearing a peculiar hostages pin with a QR codification that leads to a tract astir Oct. 7 that was established specially for planetary nationalist diplomacy needs. The members of the premier minister's delegation, ministers and those accompanying him besides wore identical pins.

Netanyahu besides often praised President Donald Trump, his main state successful his governmental and subject attack successful the region. Netanyahu said the changes crossed the Mideast person created caller opportunities. He said Israel has begun negotiations with Syria aimed astatine reaching information arrangements with the country's caller government.

Back successful the Mideast, the Israeli authorities was taking steps to guarantee that Gazans and others heard what helium had to say. The subject acceptable up loudspeakers astatine the Israel-Gaza borderline to blast his words into the territory. And successful an "unprecedented operation," the premier minister's bureau said the Israeli service would instrumentality implicit the mobile phones of Gaza residents and Hamas operatives and his code would beryllium broadcast unrecorded done the mobile devices. It was not instantly wide if that happened, oregon to what extent.

A intimately watched speech

Netanyahu's yearly code to the U.N. General Assembly is ever intimately watched, often protested, reliably emphatic and sometimes a venue for melodramatic allegations. But this time, the stakes are higher than ever for the Israeli leader.

In caller days, Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and others announced their designation of an autarkic Palestinian state.

The European Union is considering tariffs and sanctions connected Israel. The assembly this period passed a nonbinding solution urging Israel to perpetrate to an autarkic Palestinian nation, which Netanyahu has said is simply a non-starter.

The International Criminal Court has issued an apprehension warrant accusing Netanyahu of crimes against humanity, which helium denies. And the U.N's highest tribunal is weighing South Africa's allegation that Israel has committed genocide successful Gaza, which it vehemently refutes.

Against that backdrop, Netanyahu sounded resolute Thursday arsenic helium boarded a level successful Israel to caput for the U.N.'s yearly gathering of top-level leaders successful New York.

"I volition archer our truth," Netanyahu said. "I volition condemn those leaders who, alternatively of condemning the murderers, rapists and burners of children, privation to springiness them a authorities successful the bosom of Israel."

Opposition to Netanyahu's attack is growing

At a peculiar league of the assembly this week, federation aft federation expressed fearfulness astatine the 2023 onslaught by Hamas militants that killed astir 1,200 radical successful Israel, saw 251 taken hostage and triggered the war. Many of the representatives went connected to telephone for an contiguous ceasefire successful Gaza and influx of aid.

Israel's sweeping violative has killed much than 65,000 Palestinians successful Gaza and displaced 90 percent of its population, with an expanding fig present starving.

While much than 150 countries present admit a Palestinian state, the United States has not, providing Israel with vociferous support. But President Donald Trump pointedly signaled Thursday determination are limits, telling reporters successful Washington that helium wouldn't fto Israel annex the occupied West Bank.

Israel hasn't announced specified a move, but respective starring members successful Netanyahu's authorities person advocated doing so. And officials precocious approved a arguable colony task that would efficaciously chopped the West Bank successful two, a determination that critics accidental could doom chances for a Palestinian state. Trump and Netanyahu are scheduled to conscionable during his visit.

Netanyahu's bureau besides "instructed civilian groups successful practice with the service to spot loudspeakers connected trucks connected the Israeli broadside of the border," it said successful a statement, noting that the broadcasts would beryllium arranged truthful they would not endanger soldiers.

Palestinians had their UN accidental the time before

Netanyahu was preceded Thursday by Palestinian person Mahmoud Abbas, who addressed the General Assembly via video, since the U.S. denied him a visa. He welcomed the announcements of designation but said the satellite needs to bash much to marque statehood happen.

"The clip has travel for the planetary assemblage to bash close by the Palestinian people" and assistance them recognize "their morganatic rights to beryllium escaped of the concern and to not stay a hostage to the temperament of Israeli politics," helium said.

Abbas leads the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority, which administers portions of the West Bank. Hamas won legislative elections successful Gaza successful 2006 earlier seizing power from Abbas' forces the pursuing year.

Israel captured the West Bank, eastbound Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip successful the 1967 Mideast war, past withdrew from Gaza successful 2005. The Palestinians privation each 3 territories to signifier their envisioned state, portion of a "two-state solution" that the planetary assemblage has embraced for decades.

Netanyahu opposes it robustly, maintaining that creating a Palestinian authorities would reward Hamas.

"This volition not happen," helium said astatine the airdrome Thursday.

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Sam Metz contributed to this study from Rabat, Morocco. Geller reported from New York.