Netanyahu arrives in New York for scheduled UN address
Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in New York for the 81st UN General Assembly and was scheduled to address it on Thursday about the Middle East conflict. His office said he would meet several world leaders before returning to Israel ahead of Sukkot, while a Trump administration official said no high-level meeting with the US president had been arranged.
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And I think that he is trying to speak to a rightwing audience and a Trump-Maga audience in this country to try to rile up the hatred and Islamophobia.
A Trump administration official said Netanyahu’s delegation had sought a high-level meeting during the visit but none was organised.
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