Full Remarks:
“I came to the United Nations today – which is unfortunately infected with an anti-Israeli obsession – to speak the truth, present the facts, and defend our rights.
Israel is a peace-seeking nation, standing as a fortress of Western civilization.
The attempts to eliminate Israel began the day it was born.
We’ve seen, over the past two and a half years, that the desire to eliminate Israel still exists, and has grown even stronger.
Our enemies won’t succeed. But they haven’t given up their goal of Israel‘s elimination.
And make no mistake – the West is next.
*
Jews are the indigenous people of the Land of Israel.
This is a well-known and documented historical fact – that renders ridiculous the huge antisemitic attempts to undermine the Jewish people’s right on its land.
Jewish presence in the Land of Israel has not ceased even for a day.
104 years ago, the League of Nations – the UN’s predecessor – gave the British a mandate to re-establish a Jewish national home in the land of Israel.
Yesterday, 85 countries stood here and denied the Jewish people’s right to live in the same places recognized as belonging to a Jewish national home.
Amazingly, so many countries say that Jewish presence in our ancient homeland violates international law.
The opposite is true:
No other nation, in any other place in the world, has a stronger right than our historical and documented right to the land of the Bible.
*
Tomorrow I’ll have the honor of representing Israel at President Trump’s Board of Peace summit.
We support President Trump’s Plan.
At its heart is the disarmament of Hamas, demilitarization of Gaza and de-radicalization of Palestinian society.
If these are achieved – there will, for the first time, be a chance to move toward a new reality in Gaza and the region.
The security, stability and prosperity of all – depend on it.
Everyone in this building should ask themselves:
Why is everyone treating tomorrow’s summit as far more important than the meeting here in 15 minutes?
What does it say about the UN’s standing today?
Why has the UN become irrelevant for solving conflicts in the world?
Why has it been infested by an anti-Israeli obsession?
Why, as US Ambassador Waltz recently said, has the UN become a “cesspool for antisemitism”?
How can it be that the UN is represented by such extreme, antisemitic and delusional characters like UN Rapporteur Albanese?
It’s not solely our issue.
It also undermines the credibility of this institution.
I call on the UN to wake up before it loses its remaining importance, influence and status.”
Related Topics
