# Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver defiant UN speech amid protests and isolation

https://mins.news/en/item/71925

- The Guardian, 2026-09-24 08:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-to-deliver-defiant-un-speech-facing-protests-political-isolation

> Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to give a defiant speech at the UN, portraying Israel’s achievements while facing protests in New York, mounting international condemnation and growing political isolation. He is confronting the toughest re-election challenge of his career amid ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and escalating settler violence in the West Bank.

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