I have surrounded Gaza with massive loudspeakers in the hope that our dear hostages will hear this message, says Netanyahu from the podium at the headquarters in New York.
It was a typically confrontational Netanyahu who stood at the podium at the UN General Assembly in New York. He addressed several of the allegations against Israel regarding the country's warfare in Gaza, and dismissed them all.
Allegedly hacked phones
Regarding the allegations of genocide, which Israel is being investigated for at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netanyahu referred to the fact that they had sent out leaflets and in other ways informed the population before the impending bombings. According to him, this shows that the suspicions are not true.
Did the Nazis politely ask the Jews to leave, to go away?
That his speech would reach the people of Gaza, whether they wanted to listen or not, was clear. In addition to the loudspeakers along the strip, Netanyahu's office announced during the speech that Israel had "taken control" of mobile phones belonging to civilians and Hamas members and that the speech was "now being broadcast live via these devices", reports the Times of Israel.
Rejects two-state solution
Those in Gaza who listened heard Netanyahu once again reject the idea of a two-state solution. Recognition of a Palestinian state would be "national suicide", claims Netanyahu after, among others, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia recently announced recognitions.
Israel will not allow you to force a terrorist state down our throats. We will not commit national suicide just because you do not dare to turn against the hostile media and the anti-Semitic mobs that demand Israel's blood.
