The Palestinian President is expected to declare Palestine “a state under occupation” while the Israeli PM is expected to reveal new intelligence on Iran.
BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
21:45] Gideon Sa’ar praises Netanyahu’s speech
Former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar called the speech fantastic, and said it was right for Netanyahu to “go on the diplomatic offensive and reveal sharply and effectively the lies and the weakness of our enemies.”
(Gil Hoffman)
[21:40] Netanyahu’s speech is criticized by Knesset members from the Zionist Union, Meretz and the Joint List
Knesset members from the Zionist Union, Meretz and Joint List parties issued sharp criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech Thursday night at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, despite protocol to not besmirch the prime minister when he is abroad.
Zionist Union faction chairman Yoel Hasson said Netanyahu is good at delivering speeches, but when it comes to practical steps on the Palestinian issue, he has not done anything to save Israel from losing its Jewish majority.
His Zionist Union colleague, MK Leah Fadida, added, “While previous prime ministers, including from Likud, sent planes to destroy nuclear facilities in enemy countries, Netanyahu makes do with using them for theatrical performances, proving himself a 10 as a presenter and a zero as a leader.”
Zionist Union MK Salah Saad said the speech proved that he is “all talk, no action.” He said that after a decade of Netanyahu speeches at the UN, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are near Israel’s border in Syria.
Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg said Netanyahu’s address proved he is “isolated and lacking vision.” She said that in such a long speech, he should have found room for an endorsement of the two-state solution.
Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh objected to Netanyahu boasting about equality for Arabs in Israel. Odeh called the speech “a show of lies,” and said Netanyahu “speaks nice and waves signs, but then goes back to his divisive and racist ways.”
(Gil Hoffman)
[21:35] Naftali Bennett praises Netanyahu’s speech
Netanyahu received praise from Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett, who said it was a terrific speech, which “revealed [Europe’s] appeasement policies on Iran, the international community’s hypocrisy toward Israel and the right of the Jewish people to its land.”
(Gil Hoffman)
[21:23] MK and Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren: Like Daniel in the lion’s den, Netanyahu entered the UN and fought for truth
Like Daniel in the lion’s den, Netanyahu entered the UN and fought for truth. The truth about murderous Iran, the ruinous nuclear deal, and Palestinian funding for terror. But also the truth about Israel’s commitment to defend itself and achieve peace. And like Daniel, the PM won
[21:20] Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon: Prime Minister Netanyahu exposed the Iranian terror machine
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Prime Minister @netanyahu exposed the Iranian terror machine, which never stops, despite #Rouhani covering the world’s eyes with tricks. The #UN must join the just path and stop the Iranian regime.
[21:15] Hezbollah has consciously moved its precision missile project to civilian areas
In the past year Hezbollah has been trying to build an infrastructure to convert ground-to-ground missiles to precision missiles in the Uzai neighborhood of the Lebanese capital, near the Beirut airport.
Hezbollah officials made a conscious decision to transfer the center of gravity of the precision missile project, which they have been dealing with for some time, to the civilian space in the heart of Beirut.
One of the sites, according to Netanyahu is inside a football stadium belonging to the Lebanese terror group, a second site near Lebanon’s Hariri International Airport and a third some 500 meters from the airport’s landing strip in the heart of the Ma’aganah residential neighborhood close to residential building.
(Anna Ahronheim)
[21:06] The Jerusalem Post’s Lahav Harkov: Very strong speech from Netanyahu
✔@LahavHarkov
Very strong speech from Netanyahu. Multiple rounds of applause, which is not to be taken for granted from the hostile audience of the UN.
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[21:06] The Jerusalem Post’s Lahav Harkov: Very strong speech from Netanyahu
✔@LahavHarkov
Very strong speech from Netanyahu. Multiple rounds of applause, which is not to be taken for granted from the hostile audience of the UN.
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[21:05] The location of Iran’s additional secret nuclear facility revealed
[21:03] The Jerusalem Post’s Gil Hoffman: Carpets and plants but no cows
Carpets and plants but no cows. If you want to know about Israeli cows, google his speech at last year’s @Jerusalem_Post diplomatic conference.
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[20:59] Netanyahu: The people of Israel draw strength from the wellspring of our heritage
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Netanyahu: I am proud of the people of Israel who draw strength from the wellspring of our heritage, to build a future for the one and only Jewish state.
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[20:59] Netanyahu: I could not be more proud to represent my country Israel
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Netanyahu: I could not be more proud to represent my country Israel. I am proud that we have made Israel a global technological power, an information technology and precision agriculture.
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[20:56] Netanyahu: When U.N. recognized Israel, it recognized that it was a Jewish state
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu reminds UN that when it recognized Israel, it recognized that it was a Jewish state.
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[20:56] Netanyahu: Israel is both Jewish and democratic, and will remain both
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu: Israel is both Jewish and democratic, and will remain both.
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[20:56] Netanyahu: Release the remains of two Israeli soldiers and two citizens held in Gaza
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Netanyahu calls on UN to demand release of remains of two Israeli soldiers and two citizens held in Gaza.
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[20:55] Netanyahu: The more they slay, the more you pay
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Netanyahu: you pay Palestinian terrorists who murder jews, the more they slay, the more you pay and you condemn Israel’s morality. You call Israel racist, this is not the way to peace. This body should not applaud the head of a regime that pays terrorist, the UN should condemn it
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[20:54] Netanyahu: Only Israel is denigrated for defining itself as a nation state
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Netanyahu: Dozens of countries that define themselves as nation states, even though they have minorities. Only Israel is denigrated. Abbas said nation state law proves it is racist, apartheid, Abbas you should know better. You wrote a doctorate denying the holocaust.
[20:50] Netanyahu: Israel airlifted Ethiopian Jews to freedom and a new life in the Jewish state
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Netanyahu: Israel airlifted Ethiopian Jews to freedom and a new life in the Jewish state, yet here in the UN Israel is absurdly accused of racism. Israel’s arab citizens serve in parliament, vote, have same rights as other Israeli, but at UN accused of apartheid.
[20:46] Netanyahu: Day after day, the Trump Administration has stood up to Israel bashing at the UN
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Netanyahu: US stopped funding UNRWA. Day after day, the Trump Administration has stood up to Israel bashing at the UN.
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[20:46] Netanyahu: The Iran deal has brought Israel and other states closer together
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Netanyahu: The Iran deal has had one positive consequence, by empowering Iran it brought Israel and many other states closer together than ever before, in an intimacy and friendship that I have not seen in my lifetime, that would have been unimaginable a few years ago.
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[20:45] Netanyahu: Europe should, instead of coddling Iran’s dictators, join the US, and Israel and the Arab world in supporting new sanctions
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Netanyahu: To Europe, instead of coddling Iran’s dictators, join the US, and Israel and the Arab world in supporting new sanctions against a regime that endangers all the world. Israel is grateful to Trump for his bold decision to withdraw from deal, many Arab neighbors grateful
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[20:43] Netanyahu: I talk to the Iranian people
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu: I talk to the Iranian people. I get so many responses, from Iranian, at first thought they were expats, no Iranians, from Iran. Embracing Israel. Criticizing the regime, that is an understatement, with their names.
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[20:41] Netanyahu: A year ago, Iran’s economy was booming, now its collapsing
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Netanyahu: A year ago, Iran’s economy was booming, now its collapsing, Iran’s currency is collapsing, banks, oil companies and many others are scrambling to get out.
[20:40] Netanyahu: Israel knows what you are doing and where you are doing it
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Netanyahu: now holding up map of Beirut’s airport, with missile sites, now pointing to soccer stadium two blocks away. I have a message for Hizbullah today. Israel knows what you are doing and where you are doing it. and Israel will not let you get away with it.
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[20:39] Netanyahu: Hezbollah is deliberately using the innocent people of Beirut as human shields
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu: Iran is directing Hizbullah to build secret sites, to build missile that can target Israel within an accuracy of ten meters. Hizbulalh is deliberately using the innocent people of Beirut as human shields
[20:37] Netanyahu: Iran deal did not push war further away, it brought war ever closer to our borders.
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu: as a citizen of the world, have European leaders learned nothing from history. In Israel we do not need a wake up call, because Iran threatens us every day.
[20:38] Netanyahu: Have these European leaders learned nothing from history?
✔@mawilner
“I just used a strong word: appeasement,” @Netanyahu says of EU efforts to circumvent US sanctions on #Iran. “Unfortunately, that’s exactly what we’re seeing again in Europe.”
“Have these European leaders learned nothing from history?” he asks. “Will they ever wake up?”
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[20:34] Netanyahu: Israel will do what ever it must do to defend itself against Iranian aggression
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu: Israel will do what ever it must do to defend itself against Iranian aggression. We will act against you where ever and when ever to defend our people.
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[20:33] Netanyahu: Mocking the promise of “anytime, anywhere” inspections
✔@mawilner
.@Netanyahu now mocking the promise of “anytime, anywhere” inspections in the #Iran deal, revealing a new atomic warehouse in Tehran. “How about inspections right here, right now?,” he says, to rare applause. #UNGA
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[20:31] Netanyahu: What Iran hides, Israel will find
✔@mawilner
“What #Iran hides, #Israel will find,” @Netanyahu says. #UNGA
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[20:31] Netanyahu: Why did Iran keep a secret atomic archive and a secret atomic warehouse?
✔@mawilner
“You have to ask yourself a question,” @Netanyahu says: “Why did #Iran keep a secret atomic archive and a secret atomic warehouse? Because when South Africa and Libya gave up their nuclear programs, the first thing they did is destroy their archives.” #UNGA
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[20:30] Netanyahu: The site contains 300 tones of nuclear related equipment and material
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu: the site contains 300 tones of nuclear related equipment and material. Why did Iran keep a secret atomic archive and warehouse, because after all when South Africa gave up their nuclear programs, they destroyed archive and warehouse.
[20:28] The Jerusalem Post’s Anna Ahronheim: Bibi’s prop revealed!
✔@AAhronheim
#BREAKING: #Israel’s PM @netanyahu’s prop at this year’s #UNGA is the exact location of #Iran’s “secret atomic warehouse.”
[20:28] Assistant Executive Director of the AJC Avi Mayer: Netanyahu’s joke ‘classic’
✔@AviMayer
“By now, they may be radioactive rugs.” Classic. #UNGA
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[20:28] The Jerusalem Post’s Amy Spiro: Netanyahu tries to crack a joke about cleaning rugs in Iran – silence.
✔@AmySpiro
Trump got an unintentional laugh from the #UNGA.
Netanyahu tries to crack a joke about cleaning rugs in Iran – silence.
[20:28] Netanyahu: Last month 15 kilograms of radioactive material were removed, spread it Tehran
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu is holding up a photo that says “Iran’s Secret Atomic Warehouse.” notes it is near a rug cleaning store, now cleaning up the warehouse. Last month removed 15 kilograms of radioactive material, spread it around Tehran.
[20:26] Netanyahu: Iran has another secret facility, a secret atomic warehouse
✔@tovahlazaroff
Netanyahu unveils new information on Iran has another secret facility, a secret atomic warehouse. He holds up, yes a prop, with a map.
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[20:26] The Jerusalem Post’s Tovah Lazaroff: The UNGA is Netanyahu’s home court
✔@tovahlazaroff
This is Netanyahu’s home court, not because the UNGA likes him, but because it is a stage he knows so well and exploits so well.
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[20:23] Netanyahu: Starts speech with Iran
✔@tovahlazaroff
Abbas started with Jerusalem, Netanyahu began with Iran. He spoke of how only Israel openly opposed the nuclear deal with Iran, threatens our future, even our very survival.
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[20:20] PM Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stage at the U.N. General Assembly
[20:05] Housing Minister Yoav Galant: Abbas preaches hatred
Housing Minister Yoav Galant, in response to Abbas’ speech at the UN General Assembly, said: “Abbas preaches hatred.”
“Those who praise terrorists and heroic murderers can not be partners in a shared life. Mahmoud Abbas must internalize the simple facts – Israel is a strong and prosperous Jewish Zionist state and Jerusalem is its eternal capital.”
[20:01] Assistant Executive Director of the AJC Avi Mayer: This was one of Abbas’ better performances
✔@AviMayer
For all its nuttiness, that may actually have been one of Mahmoud Abbas’s less unhinged UN performances. Is he losing his touch? #UNGA
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[20:00] Bennett: We will prevent a Palestinian State from happening
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, in reference to Abbas’ speech at the UN General Assembly, commented that “Mahmoud Abbas’ speech reminds us all of one basic fact:
A people that sanctify murderers, and a leader who finances terrorists, will never achieve a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel.”
“We are here to prevent this from happening.”
[19:46] The Jerusalem Post’s Michael Wilner: Abbas’ claim of the number of refugees being 40 000 only is false
✔@mawilner
“The US administration has said that the number of refugees is 40,000 only,” Abbas tells #UNGA.
False.
“The administration is not planning to provide a numerical calculation or definition of a ‘legitimate Palestinian refugee,’ White House official recently told me.
[19:46] Assistant Executive Director of the AJC Avi Mayer: UNGA applauded for Abbas’ praise of martyrs
✔@AviMayer
Holy crap. Abbas’s praise of “martyrs”—code for Palestinians killed attacking Israelis—has been greeted with applause in the #UNGA hall.
[19:46] Abbas: Israel considers Palestinians as criminals
✔@tovahlazaroff
Abbas: Israel considers Palestinians as criminal. Why is the person who killed Rabin a hero, while ours are criminals, I pay tribute to the martyrs and prisoners of war.
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[19:44] Abbas: We have to remain steadfast in the face of the U.S. cutting UNRWA funds
✔@tovahlazaroff
Abbas now taking US to task for going against UNRWA. I call on our people to remain patient, steadfast, until we achieve patience, determination.
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[19:43] Abbas: I salute our resilient and brave people in Palestine
✔@nadplo
In conclusion, I salute our resilient and brave people in Palestine, in the refugee camps and in the diaspora with deepest respect and admiration for their heroic stances and their great sacrifices in defense of our people’s inalienable rights,
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[19:43] Abbas: How did Trump calculate the number of refugees?
✔@tovahlazaroff
Abbas: the US says the number of refugees is 40,000 only. I want to know the formula by which you calculated this number.
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[19:42] Abbas: We combat terrorism all over the globe
✔@tovahlazaroff
Abbas: we will never resort to violence or terrorism, we will continue to combat violence and terrorism all over the globe.
[19:41] Abbas: The U.S. is biased towards Israel
✔@mawilner
“The US cannot act as a mediator single handedly,” Abbas says. “The US alone, no, because they are too much biased toward #Israel.” #UNGA
[19:39] The Jerusalem Post’s Gil Hoffman: Who won Abbas bingo?
If anyone had Apartheid, colonialist, racist and disrimination in their Abbas bingo game, I guess they won. #UNGA
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[19:36] Abbas: Don’t pretend you’re helping us
✔@mawilner
“Don’t fool us and tell us that you are helping us,” Abbas says. “We are after the right of self-determination for our people, full-stop. No single people on Earth does not enjoy the right to self determination.” (His position is that Jewish self-determination is racist). #UNGA
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[19:34] Liberman: All that interests Abbas is to bring the region into conflict
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, in reference to Abbas’ speech at the UN General Assembly, commented that It was “an inventory of all the insults and disappointments from the day he was born.”
“Instead of responding to the outstretched arm of an agreement with Israel and the United States, all that interests Abbas is to bring the region into conflict.”
[19:33] Abbas: Destroying Khan al-Ahmar will destroy West Bank
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Abbas now talking about Khan al-Ahmar, warns destroying the village divides the West Bank.
[19:32] Abbas: Israel acts like a ‘state above the law’
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Pres. #Abbas:”Is it acceptable that Israel remains a state above the law?Why does the #SecurityCouncil not uphold its duties to compel Israel to abide by international #law and to bring an end to its #occupation of the State of #Palestine” #UNGA73
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[19:32] Abbas: PA is using peaceful popular resistance
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Abbas claims the PA is using “peaceful popular resistance” to combat #Israel‘s occupation, and that Israeli settlers, by contrast are “using arms.” #UNGA
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[19:30] Abbas: Both Israel AND Palestine have to be recognized
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Abbas: recognition of Palestine does not prejudice negotiations. One can not recognize Israel but not Palestine, have to recognize both.
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[19:28] Abbas calls for the recognition of a State of Palestine
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Abbas calls for recognition of the state of Palestine. In 2019, the state of Palestine will chair the group of 77 and China. 10 minutes ago, met his excellency Sisi, we have been elected to chair the group of 77 and China.
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[19:28] Assistant Executive Director of the AJC Avi Mayer: PA, who claims to not believe in terror, allocated 7% of its budget to terror
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“We don’t believe in terrorism and violence,” says Mahmoud Abbas, whose Palestinian Authority this year allocated 7% of its total budget—approximately $360 million—to reward Palestinian terrorists who murdered and maimed Israelis. #UNGA
[19:27] Abbas: Our capital is EAST JERUSALEM, not IN east Jerusalem
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Abbas: our capital is EAST JERUSALEM, not IN east Jerusalem. There is no state with temporary borders, by the way they invented this idea, it is a state with unknown borders. We want a state with defined borders.
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[19:25] Abbas: We extend our hands in peace
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Abbas: we have never rejected negotiations on any single day, we extend our hands to peace, we do not believe in terrorism and violence.
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[19:24] Abbas: Trump should recind his decisions on Jerusalem, settlements and refugees
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Abbas calls on Trump to rescind his decisions, on Jerusalem, settlements and refugees. Says he challenges anyone to say that he has refused even once, to come to the negotiating table ..
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[19:20] Abbas: Trump speaking of deal of the century is ironic
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Abbas says US has also cut off financial aid, rescinded decisions of the past, ironic that Trump speaks of deal of the century, when they remove Jerusalem, refugees and security, what is left as a political solution.
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[19:18] Abbas: We awaited Trump’s peace initiative
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“We awaited his peace initiative with utmost patience,” Abbas says of Trump. “But we were shocked by his statements and actions that contradicted the aims of his administration in the peace process.” #Israel #UNGA
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[19:16] Abbas: What is the State of Israel?
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“Can you ask the Israeli government what exactly constitutes the State of #Israel?” Abbas asks. “I challenge anyone to tell us where they are. Where are the borders of Israel?” #UNGA
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[19:13] Abbas: Nation-State law will lead to racist state
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#Israel‘s Nation-State law “will inevitably lead to a racist state– an apartheid state,” Abbas says, “legalizing discrimination against Arab citizens” and “denying the connection of Palestinians” to the land. #UNGA
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[19:11] Abbas: Israel needs to accept 1967 borders
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Abbas says his Parliament has already asked him to review the agreements with Israel, and has asked that the Palestinians rescind recognition of the state of Israel, until it accepts a two state solution at the 67 lines.
[19:09] Abbas: My people are suffering
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Abbas: says this year, like last year, his people are suffering under the yoke of colonial occupation, undermining the efforts to build a state.
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[19:08] Abbas: Our people have sacrificed a lot
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Abbas: we will maintain peace and we will achieve our independent state with peace, because God is with us and our cause is just, and our people have sacrificed a lot.
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[19:08] Abbas opens his address to the U.N. General Assembly
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Abbas opens dramatically. Jerusalem are not for sale and the Palestinian people’s rights are not up for bargaining.
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[19:00] WATCH LIVE: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address the U.N. General Assembly in New York
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to deliver a “historic speech” at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday.
Abbas’ speech is expected to include the total rejection of unilateral US sponsorship of future peace talks, demands to discuss the two-state solution in future regional peace talks, recognition of east Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine and the return of Palestinians refugees.
Following Abbas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to speak and declassify new, revelatory intelligence on Iran and its nuclear program, according to Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN.
Content retrieved from: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/LIVE-BLOG-Abbas-Netanyahu-address-the-the-UN-General-Assembly-568181.
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