From ABC7 New York · · 1m 10s
Tensions rise outside UN ahead of Netanyahu speech
Demonstrators protest outside UN as Netanyahu prepares Gaza address.
In brief
Demonstrators protest outside UN as Netanyahu prepares Gaza address. Netanyahu plans UN speech to address Gaza war and antisemitism after mayor criticized his leadership. Originally reported by ABC7 New York.
Demonstrators gather outside UN
Demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations on Wednesday night ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the U.N. General Assembly.
Pro-Palestinian protester comments
Pro-Palestinian protester Kylian Amato said, 'The one inciting violence is the one claiming there will be no Palestinian state'.
“The one inciting violence is the one claiming there will be no Palestinian state”
Rabbi Levine reports attack
Rabbi Yosie Levine of The Jewish Center described a congregant attacked by a man yelling Allahu Akbar with a screwdriver.
Rabbi blames mayor for antisemitism
Rabbi Yosie Levine blamed Mayor Zohran Mamdani for contributing to antisemitism and the rise in violence.
Netanyahu posts defense video
Netanyahu posted a video in Hebrew saying, 'we are departing tonight for New York to defend Israel' and 'there will be surprises'.
“we are departing tonight for New York to defend Israel”
Netanyahu's Gaza speech plan
Netanyahu plans to use his speech to confront Mayor Mamdani and reference Hamas attack deaths of 1,200 Israelis and over 70,000 Palestinians.
The key point
Netanyahu plans UN speech to address Gaza war and antisemitism after mayor criticized his leadership.
