Massacres in Gaza and the echo of children’s blood: Netanyahu isolated again at the UN

The “executioner” of tens of thousands of innocent children, women, and elderly people once again addressed the UN General Assembly. The shameful scene at the beginning of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech differed little from last year. As soon as the name of the state and the individual so closely tied to the blood of infants was mentioned, the General Assembly hall emptied almost instantly. Representatives of various countries — male and female diplomats alike — left their seats simultaneously. In front of Netanyahu remained only a few delegations and the Israeli representatives.

Indeed, genocide and a ruthless, inhumane policy can never be justified. Only the U.S. Congress might tolerate such atrocities by Israel. Only congressmen waiting for calls from organizations like AIPAC and other Jewish donors might ignore what is happening in Gaza. But the world is not limited to them or to the United States they serve.

Earth may not be the largest planet in the solar system, but according to current knowledge, it is the most diverse. Every state and every continent has its own human values, and no normal nation supports a murderer whose hands are stained with children’s blood and who starves infants to death. For the second consecutive year, countries have expressed their outrage and hatred toward this executioner — the man at the heart of these killings — by walking out of the General Assembly hall during his speech.

The same map again

“Last year, I stood on this podium and showed this map exposing the curse of the Iranian axis of terror. This axis threatens global peace, the stability of our region, and the very existence of my country, Israel,” Netanyahu began his speech.

This year too, Netanyahu addressed an almost empty hall. For two years, the “executioner” has faced the same problem at the start of his speeches: the moderator needs time to call for order and silence as delegations leave noisily. Only after the hall empties and the noise dies down does Netanyahu begin explaining why he has spent the past year killing babies.

While most presidents and heads of delegations spoke for an average of 15–20 minutes, the Israeli prime minister ranted for more than 40 minutes — second only to Trump in the length of speeches at this 80th session. In general, the situation has changed little in two years. Apart from slight changes in his speech and maps, Netanyahu’s message remains the same old record: Israel, which has massacred more than 65,000 people, is the victim; Israel, which has killed over 20,000 children, lives under threat; Israel, which has maimed over 150,000 people, is merely defending itself; and the extremist ministers starving children to death are fighting groups threatening the security of Israel and Iran.

Most strikingly, if you remember the 79th session in 2024, Netanyahu brought two maps. One was titled “Curse” and depicted Iran, Syria, and Iraq. This year, the “executioner of Gaza” brought that same map again, claiming that those who posed threats to Israel in those regions had been eliminated one by one over the past year.

Netanyahu pointed to the Houthis in Yemen in the south, Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon in the north, various groups in Iraq, dozens of Iranian generals, ballistic missile systems, and nuclear capabilities — all of which, he claimed, had been attacked. He labeled these actions with a mark meaning “mission accomplished.”

“We struck the Houthis. We dismantled the main part of Hamas’s terror machine. We crippled Hezbollah, removing many of its leaders and weapons stockpiles. Most importantly, we destroyed Iran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu claimed that Israel and the United States together destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities. But neither Trump nor Netanyahu wants to acknowledge that Iran still retains nearly half a ton of enriched uranium. Moreover, Iran continues repairing facilities damaged by U.S. B-2 bombers.

“President Donald Trump and I pledged to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and we have fulfilled that promise,” Netanyahu declared.

This raises a fundamental question: what became of the second map Netanyahu showed last year? What happened to the territories labeled “Blessing” that the “executioner of Gaza” presented? Let’s recall which states appeared on that map.

The countries marked in green included India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, and Sudan. It is true that some Arab states on this list — such as Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, and the UAE — have recognized Israel. However, Qatar did not appear on last year’s map, and this year Israel struck Doha. One might argue that Qatar does not recognize Israel — but neither does Saudi Arabia. The fact that Qatar was absent from the “Blessing” map last year could suggest that its omission signaled an impending attack. After the strike on Doha, Saudi Arabia signed a military agreement with nuclear-armed Pakistan on mutual defense.

The reality in the Middle East today is that any territory not highlighted in green on Netanyahu’s map risks becoming a target of Israeli attacks. Qatar is a clear example.

The QR code

Among the items Netanyahu brought to the UN podium was a QR code pinned to his suit jacket, which drew considerable attention. It turned out to link to a long series of images showing Israeli soldiers and civilians killed in Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack.

The actions carried out by Hamas that day cannot be justified. But neither can the massacres Israel has committed since then — atrocities that continue with no end in sight. They are not proportional to Hamas’s actions. In terms of brutality, Israel has surpassed Hamas by 50 to 100 times. Moreover, the violence Israel has perpetrated on Palestinian land for the past 80 years is beyond justification.

For 25 years, Netanyahu has not strayed an inch from Israeli policy. He has long asked the U.S. first to eliminate the PLO, then Saddam Hussein, and later Muammar Gaddafi — promising that peace and prosperity would follow in the Middle East once they were gone. These figures are indeed gone, eliminated at Netanyahu’s request, but the region remains far from peaceful. Because today, the main threat to Middle Eastern peace is Netanyahu himself.

In his latest speech, Netanyahu vowed to eliminate the remaining Hamas forces.

“The last remnants of Hamas are concentrated in Gaza City. They vow to repeat the atrocities of October 7. That is why Israel must finish the job,” he said.

The “executioner of Gaza” also addressed Israeli hostages, saying Israel would not rest until they were freed.

“This is Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking to you live from the United Nations. We have not forgotten you. Not for a single second. We will not rest until we bring every one of you home,” Netanyahu said.

However, recent events show that Netanyahu and his extremist ministers care little about the hostages held by Hamas. What they want is to strike Iran, attack Doha, rain missiles on Yemen, devastate southern Lebanon, and turn the Middle East into a hellscape.

The “Greater Israel” project falters

The 80th session of the UN General Assembly breathed new life into Palestine. In just two days, 10 more countries recognized Palestine as a state, bringing the total to 157 — almost on par with Israel. True, this change is still symbolic, but in the future, such progress could greatly benefit Palestine. Recognition by the powerful Western states is crucial to its formation as a sovereign state. Thus, the 80th session was a serious blow to Israel. Netanyahu’s anger was clear in his speech, where he called the decisions by France, Britain, Australia, Canada, and others to recognize Palestine “shameful.” But nothing is more shameful than killing infants.

“My opposition to a Palestinian state is not just my policy or my government’s policy. It is the policy of the State of Israel and the Israeli people. It means we will fight these attempts. Since October 7, Israel has done exactly that,” Netanyahu said.

The 80th session also cast doubt on another extremist idea — the Zionist concept of “Greater Israel.” Since we have already spoken much about maps, it is worth ending with one more — the map of “Greater Israel.” This concept threatens the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and other rights of many Arab countries. It disregards international law, the Middle East, and the world as a whole.

As seen on this map, the plan includes the entirety of Syria, Jordan, and Kuwait, half of Iraq, more than half of Saudi Arabia, large parts of Egypt, and some regions of Turkey. Palestine, meanwhile, is shown as nonexistent.

Today, Israeli officials no longer speak openly about the disgraced “Greater Israel” concept. Netanyahu, for now, appears before the UN podium only with maps labeled “Curse” and “Blessing.” But given that the Israeli prime minister is striking any state in the Middle East without hesitation or red lines, there is no guarantee he won’t one day bring this map to the UN podium.

Undoubtedly, such a move would spark enormous repercussions. Yet as long as Qatar does not respond to the blow it received, as long as Israel openly hints that Turkey and Egypt are next, and as long as no one holds it accountable for its crimes, it is entirely possible that we will see Netanyahu holding this map at the UN in the future.