Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech to the UN General Assembly on Friday by denouncing the “lies and slander” spoken against his country.
“My country is at war, fighting for its survival. But after hearing the lies and slander against my country from many speakers at this podium, I decided to come and set the record straight,” he said.
“If you hit us, we will hit you,” he declared towards Iran, from the podium of the UN General Assembly.
“There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach,” he insisted in New York.
“Hamas must leave,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu told the UN on Friday, asking the Palestinian Islamist group to “lay down their arms” in the Gaza Strip to end the war.
“This war can end. All Hamas has to do is surrender, lay down their weapons and free the hostages,” he said. “If they (Hamas fighters) don’t do it, we will fight until we achieve victory, total victory. There is no alternative,” he threatened his listeners.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was boycotted on Friday by some diplomats who left the UN General Assembly in New York.
Diplomats left the room upon his arrival, AFP noted.
