The prime minister will fly back from New York City to Israel after Shabbat ends on Saturday night.
(JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart for the United States on Thursday, a day later than initially scheduled, to address the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly on Friday.
The prime minister will fly back from New York City to Israel after Shabbat ends on Saturday night, according to a statement from his office.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu will hold a series of security consultations amid the escalating war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday, devoting about three minutes of his nearly 25-minute-long speech to the Middle East, Israel and Gaza.
Speaking just days before the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, he called on world leaders not to “flinch from the horrors” of that day.
“Any country would have the right and responsibility to ensure that such an attack could never happen again,” Biden said.
Biden called on Israel and Hamas to accept the ceasefire-for-hostages that he first outlined in May and that has stalled ever since. He said that the deal would ease suffering in the Gaza Strip and result in greater security for Israel, a Gaza “free from Hamas’s grip” and bring an end to the war.
Image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2023. Credit: United Nations.
