Bennett leaves for New York for UN speech

Prime minister Naftali Bennett He is set to fly to New York on Saturday night, ahead of his first address to the United Nations General Assembly.

Bennett will meet with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and Khalifa Shaheen Almarar, Minister of State in the UAE Foreign Ministry, on Sunday evening, her first meeting with senior officials from the Abrahamic Accord states.

in your speech a On Monday morning, Bennett planned to speak out against the hypocrisy and double standards for which Israel is held in international forums. Unlike his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu, Bennett does not plan to use visual aids or other stunts.

The United Nations General Assembly signs outside the United Nations Building in New York(Credit: Tamar Berry)The United Nations General Assembly signs outside the United Nations Building in New York(Credit: Tamar Berry)

Iran will also play a key role in Bennett’s speech, but it does not plan to make the Israeli intelligence findings public. Rather, he will say that Israel will do whatever it takes to prevent the Ayatollah’s regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The prime minister is also expected to speak at a program of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonino Guterres and US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, as well as a Jewish Federation of North America event, in which leaders of other Jewish diaspora organizations are expected to be present. for.

Bennett’s UN speech is scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. in New York and 4 p.m. in Israel ahead of the Sinhat Torah holiday that begins Monday evening. He will only be in the US for one day of vacation because he is an Israeli; The expatriate Jews celebrate two days.