NEW YORK – More than 50 people were arrested at an anti-Palestinian protest in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, and authorities are bracing for more possible unrest after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly United Nations.
A breakdown of Thursday’s arrests was not immediately available. Netanyahu arrived in New York City earlier in the day. Nearly three dozen people were arrested in a related protest earlier this week.
“that’s enough”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that his country will “continue to destroy Hezbollah” until it achieves its goals on the Lebanese border, lowering hopes for an internationally-backed cease-fire to stop the spiral into an all-out regional war. He said his government would no longer accept daily rocket fire from the area.
“Israel has every right to eliminate this threat and return our citizens to their homes safe and sound. And that is exactly what we are doing… we will continue to reduce Hezbollah until all our goals are achieved,” Netanyahu said.
“Imagine if terrorists turned El Paso and San Diego into ghost towns… How long would the US government tolerate that? “But Israel has been accepting this intolerable situation for almost a year. Well, I came here today to say: enough is enough.”
Netanyahu, armed with visual support as he has done before, defended his country’s response to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel that prompted the Israeli military operation that devastated the Gaza Strip. He said he traveled to the United Nations to confront lies he heard from other leaders on the same platform earlier this week.
“I had no intention of coming here this year. “My country is at war fighting for its life,” Netanyahu said. “But after hearing the lies and lies that many of the speakers on this podium launched against my country, I decided to come here and set the record straight. “
He insisted that Israel wanted peace, but said of Iran: “If they attack us, we will attack them.” Again, he blamed Iran for being behind many of the region’s problems.
“For too long, the world has overlooked Iran,” Netanyahu said. “That appeasement has to end.”
Israel’s campaign in Gaza has killed more than 41,500 Palestinians and injured more than 96,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Health. The ministry, which is part of the Hamas government in Gaza, makes no distinction between civilians and fighters, but more than half of the dead have been women and children, who ‘ including approximately 1,300 children under the age of 2 years.
Israel has maintained that its military operations are justified and necessary to defend itself.
“This war can end now. “All that needs to happen is for Hamas to surrender, lay down its weapons and release all its enemies,” Netanyahu said. “But if they don’t, we will fight until we have total victory. Total victory. There is no room for that.”
He said that Israeli forces have destroyed “90%” of Hamas rockets and have killed or captured half of their forces.
In recent days, Israel has focused its attention on the border with Lebanon, where it attacks Hezbollah fighters and also causes civilian casualties. Hezbollah began attacking Israel almost immediately after the Hamas attack, and ongoing fighting between Israel and the militant group in Lebanon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes on both sides of the border. Israel promises to intensify its attacks against Hezbollah so that its citizens can return safely to their homes.
On Wednesday night, the United States, France and other allies jointly called for an “immediate” 21-day ceasefire to allow negotiations, as fears grow that violence could escalate in the coming days gone, after 11 months of cross-border exchange of fire. turning into an all-out war.
The United Nations says more than 90,000 people have been displaced by five days of Israeli attacks in Lebanon, bringing the total number of people displaced in Lebanon to 200,000 since Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel in support of Hamas after it broke into Israel, triggering the war between Israel and Hamas.
When Netanyahu took the stage, there was so much excitement in the audience that the ruling diplomat had to shout: “Order, please.”
The two speakers who preceded Netanyahu on Friday condemned Israel for its actions. “Mr. Netanyahu, stop this war now,” said Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob as he closed his remarks, hitting the podium. And the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, speaking directly in front of the Israeli leader, announced about Gaza: “This is not just a conflict. It is a systematic killing of innocent Palestinian people.” He hit the stands to hear applause.
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