The Israeli PM said the country’s ‘support quickly evaporated when Israel did what any self-respecting nation would do in the wake of such a savage attack: We fought back’
The Israeli PM said the country’s ‘support quickly evaporated when Israel did what any self-respecting nation would do in the wake of such a savage attack: We fought back’
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By Gabby Deutch
In Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning, he painted a picture of a nation abandoned by its allies, who he said had caved to “radical Islamist constituencies and antisemitic mobs” — a message underscored by the backdrop of a mostly empty General Assembly room, following the walkout of dozens of diplomats at the start of his speech.
Netanyahu began with a victory lap, hailing Israel’s military successes against Hezbollah, Iran and even Hamas over the past year. But much of the speech was defensive in nature, relying on rhetoric he has invoked frequently over the last two years. He articulated the reasons why Israel is still fighting Hamas, despite the fact that Israel “crushed the bulk of Hamas’ terror machine.” And he attacked the U.N. and the countries that he said had shown up for Israel in the days after the Oct. 7 attack but that have since changed course.
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Professor Eric Cheyfitz, who is Jewish, has been involved with Students for Justice in Palestine and was a faculty advisor to the school’s Jewish Voice for Peace chapter
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Julio Frenk said the school has ‘a real problem with antisemitism’ but won’t compromise academic freedom
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