Friday, September 27, 2024

What A Difference A Year Makes

                On September 22 of last year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the General Assembly of The United Nations. I posted on it almost immediately and you can read that post only a few posts below this....as it was titled....A Speech To Remember....And A Night To Repent of. 
               Well the Israeli Prime Minister spoke to that same General Assembly again today....about a 34 minute speech that you can easily Google. A year ago his speech was....as I described it in that post...."wildly optimistic at times." Today's speech was subdued as far as optimism is concerned. He mentioned the same...."Blessing vs Curse"....choice that the United Nations can pursue in relation to Israel. He gave details on the war with Hamas that we need to be aware of.....and he laid it out clear that Israel would now focus in the same determined way with Hezbollah. It was a no-nonsense speech....in spades.
               He didn't mention Biden or Trump....(or Harris)....as he did in the speech last year.....which was wise. He mentioned biblical themes three times. The hall was only sparsely filled with representatives from member countries....but there were two sections in the gallery with vocal supporters of Israel.