"No greater partner than President Trump": Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attacks critics of Iran war, highlights Israel's security actions at UNGA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday local time praised US President Donald Trump for his support for Israel saying the two countries acted together to counter threats against them and the wider world while addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly UNGANetanyahu said Trump had been a strong partner for Israel and thanked him for what he described as his bold leadership in confronting security challenges In this battle against the barbarians weve had no greater partner than President Trump I thank him for his bold leadership He boldly confronted an enormous danger to America Israel and the worldIsrael and America acted together not only to protect ourselves but to save civilization Netanyahu said at the UNGAIsraeli PM spoke about Israels military actions against Irans nuclear facilities describing the decision as necessary for the countrys security He also claimed that several countries had privately appreciated Israels actions against Iran despite public criticism from some leadersDevastating Irans nuclear facilities was hard It was very hard to do But for me it was one of the easiest decisions Ive ever had to make as prime minister Because if we hadnt done it wed all be dead Now you want to hear the ultimate irony In defending itself Israel is also defending many of the countries whose delegates just left this hall Many of their leaders even thank us privately for taking out Irans nukes Its hard to imagine more mindblowing hypocrisy but thats exactly what it is he saidNetanyahu highlighted Israels military engagements over the past three years saying the country had faced threats from multiple fronts including Hamas Hezbollah the Houthis Iranbacked militias and Palestinian militantsFor the past three years our heroic soldiers have fought day in and day out in a sevenfront war Do you know any other country the size of New Jersey capable of fighting a sevenfront war Seven fronts ndash Hamas Hezbollah the Houthis Iran militias in Iraq militias in Syria Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria they all ganged up on us to wipe us off the face of the earth he saidThey failed Because instead of collapsing we delivered crippling blows to all of them With our great American friends we crushed Irans army navy air force and nuclear facilities Israel hammered Hamas We pummeled Hezbollah Netanyahu addedReferring to Hezbollah Netanyahu mentioned the pager attacks and claimed that the groups leadership had suffered significant setbacksHe further stated that Israel occupied a small portion of land compared to the wider Arab world and criticised those who accuse Israel of colonialismldquoYou remember the beepers Remember these things Remember them Well I can tell you this Hezbollah certainly remembers themHezbollahs leaders dead Their spirit broken The arch terrorists the worst mass murderers on earth not only killing Israelis killing Americans killing Brits killing citizens of hundreds dozens of countriesTheyre all gone too The remaining terrorists are desperately trying to regroup Every day they try to murder our people And in particular they try to murder our people in our historic homeland in Judeardquo the Israeli PM saidNetanyahu also addressed criticism over Israels territorial policies rejecting accusations of colonialism and referring to Jewish historical connections with the Golan HeightsWe werent in Gaza We werent on the Golan Heights The Jews have been on the Golan Heights since the days of Moses You can read it in the Bible On the eve of the SixDay War in 1967 we werent in any of these places We were in a tiny sliver of land We still are That is equal to about onethird of 1 of the landmass of the entire Arab world Yet they accuse Israel tiny Israel of colonialism some colonialism And whos accusing us Well among them are people in Britain and in FranceColonialism gave us a break Another lierdquo Netanyahu further saidNetanyahu accused several foreign countries of spreading what he called lies about Israel targeting Qatar and Turkey during his addressHe alleged that Qatar had spent billions to influence public opinion against Israel and claimed its objective was to turn young people against Israel the United States and the West He also criticised Qatar for hosting Hamas leadersSeveral foreign countries have spent untold billions to spread lies about my country The first to do so was QatarTheir goal was clear Brainwash young minds to hate Israel hate America hate the West This is the same Qatar that hosts the Hamas butchers of October 7th Now the latest country to become a super spreader of antiSemitic lies is Turkey Erdogan is a tyrant He also hosts the Hamas terror chiefs Hes murdered thousands of Kurdish civilians He denies the Armenian genocide He jails journalists and opposition leaders In fact I think he holds the worlds record on this and thats a tough call But I think hes number one he saidNetanyahu criticised New York City Mayorelect Zohran Mamdani alleging that Jewish residents in the city feel increasingly unsafe following his electionAddressing Mamdani directly Netanyahu accused him of supporting individuals and positions that he described as hostile towards Israel and Jewish communities and rejected allegations of genocide against IsraelMr Mamdani since you were elected mayor of this city many Jews no longer feel safe in New York They talk to me They tell me ldquoThis isnt the city we remember It changed so quicklyrdquo You praise criminals convicted of supporting Hamas You count as friends people like Hasan Piker who said America deserved 911 ldquoAmerica deserved 911rdquo Some friends you have You invited to your home a Palestinian journalist who filmed Hamas terrorists beating and torturing Israeli hostages and later admitted that he refused to publish the videos in order to protect you guessed it the terrorists he further saidHe further accused Mamdani of associating with people who have expressed support for Hamas and alleged that he had attempted to prevent him from addressing the UNGAYour wife liked a post praising the October 7 massacre She liked another post saying Tel Aviv shouldnt exist You refuse to condemn any of that You falsely and repeatedly accuse Israel of genocide Mr Mamdani you try to stop me from coming here You tried to silence me Well you cant silence me You cant silence the truth And heres the simple truth Heres a simple truth Israel didnt commit genocide Israel prevented genocide he said