{"id":89771,"date":"2025-09-26T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=89771"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:44:01","slug":"an-isolated-netanyahu-takes-un-stage-amid-pushback-from-trump-and-abbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/an-isolated-netanyahu-takes-un-stage-amid-pushback-from-trump-and-abbas\/","title":{"rendered":"An isolated Netanyahu takes UN stage amid pushback from Trump and Abbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By PHILISSA CRAMER<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, a day after both Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke forcefully against some of his ambitions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89772\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89772\" class=\"wp-image-89772 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89772\" class=\"wp-image-89772 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMUNGASpeech13.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2025. (Photo by Avi Ohayon\/GPO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a speech that was livestreamed because the Trump administration denied him a visa to enter the United States, Abbas said, \u201cPalestine is ours,\u201d rejecting efforts by the Israeli government to have Gaza Palestinians leave the territory where Israel has been fighting Hamas for nearly two years. Abbas also rejected Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and said it would have no part in running a Palestinian state helmed by the Palestinian authority.<\/p>\n<p>Later, speaking to reporters, Trump said he would not permit Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, a long-threatened move it was reportedly considering as a direct response to the wave of Palestinian statehood recognitions taking place at the U.N. this week. \u201cI will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. It\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d he said, confirming a message he had reportedly delivered to the leaders of Arab states in a sideline meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Netanyahu will have his annual turn to address the assembled nations, many of which firmly oppose his leadership and have been sharply critical of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza induced by the war. He has vowed to strike a defiant tone as he has in recent weeks, broadcasting that he has accepted that Israel may be politically and economically isolated as it presses on with the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the UN General Assembly, I will speak our truth \u2014 the truth about the citizens of Israel, the truth about our IDF soldiers and the truth about our country,\u201d Netanyahu said in comments recorded at Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday as he boarded his flight to New York. \u201cI will denounce those leaders who, instead of denouncing the murderers, rapists and child burners, want to give them a state in the heart of the Land of Israel. This will not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s plane avoided French airspace on his way from Tel Aviv to New York, taking an unusual route that drew speculation of an effort to avoid landing in a country that is spearheading the European push for Palestinian statehood recognition \u2014 and that is party to the pact that created the International Criminal Court, which has a warrant out for Netanyahu\u2019s arrest over Israel\u2019s conduct in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s office said it had ordered his speech to be broadcast into Gaza, in hopes that it could reach some of the Israeli hostages still held there. Hamas holds 48 hostages, of which as many as 20 are thought to remain alive. The group released a video showing one of the hostages, Alon Ohel, this week.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Israeli media that while Netanyahu\u2019s office said the loudspeakers broadcasting the speech would be placed inside Israeli territory, troops were in fact being asked to set up speakers well within Gaza. 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