Naftali Bennett
Such incidents will not be permitted to become “the order of the day,” says Israel Police chief • Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: “Violence in the Arab sector has reached an intolerable point.”
The Israeli leader appeared determined to change how the Jewish state is understood; a number of times during the trip, he emphasized the need for Israel to be seen as a country with energy, optimism, success and a strong, even optimal future.
The Israeli premier has taken Israel from first to last place in the global fight against COVID-19 and caved in to U.S. pressure on Iran, says the Likud Party.
“That regime [Israel] is in no position to discuss our peaceful program when it has hundreds of nuclear warheads,” says Majid Takht-Ravanchi.
The event followed the Israeli prime minister’s address to the U.N. General Assembly. it was hosted by the Jewish Federation of North America with about 100 leaders from Jewish Federations and other American Jewish organizations in attendance.
In his first address as prime minister to the U.N. General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called polarizations one of two plagues affecting the world at the moment, with the other being the COVID-19 pandemic.
The prime minister is also expected to meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and will speak at a Jewish Federations of North America event.
The Israeli prime minister praised the passage of the standalone House bill providing funding for the Iron Dome, and warned Iran and the Palestinians to “stop this obsession with the State of Israel.”
“We owe our existence in a prosperous and strong country to the fallen,” says Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Egypt plays a critical role in border stability, and its president was keen to underline that fact as the Biden administration withholds military aid from Cairo over human-rights criticisms.
“I see no logic in [it] when he’s suing our soldiers in The Hague and accuses our commanders of war crimes,” said Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The report comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh.
