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Netanyahu Defends Iran Nuke Strikes at UNGA: "If We Hadn't Done It, We'd All Be Dead"
- •Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's military strikes against Iranian nuclear infrastructure at the UN General Assembly.
- •Netanyahu claimed Israel neutralized Tehran's atomic capabilities out of existential necessity and that several world leaders privately expressed gratitude.
- •He rejected charges of colonialism, citing the 1967 Six-Day War and historical claims to the Golan Heights.
- •Netanyahu stated Israel's fight is for survival against state-sponsored terrorism, not territorial expansion.
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During his UNGA address, Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's military strikes against Iranian nuclear infrastructure, declaring that the action was taken out of existential necessity and warning that without it everyone would be dead, while calling delegates who walked out moral cowards and claiming several world leaders privately expressed gratitude.
Netanyahu justified the military operations by asserting that neutralizing Tehran's atomic capabilities was a matter of survival against state-sponsored terrorism rather than territorial expansion, pointing to historical precedents such as the 1967 Six-Day War and claims to the Golan Heights while rejecting charges of colonialism.
Netanyahu revealed during his UNGA address that despite public condemnation and delegate walkouts, several world leaders privately expressed gratitude to Israel for carrying out the operation against Iran's nuclear capabilities.
