Several diplomatic delegations withdrew from the United Nations General Assembly hall at the start of a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who described the departing delegations as “cowards.” Netanyahu said that destroying the Iranian nuclear facilities was a difficult decision, but it was one of the easiest decisions he made, considering that had it not been destroyed, "we would all have been dead." He added that Israel has been waging a war on “seven fronts” for three years, accusing Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis of seeking to wipe out Israel, while he considered that Iranian agents are rearranging their ranks to target Israel. Regarding the Syrian issue, he sent a message to President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, saying that the Jews have been present in the Golan since the time of Moses, and considering that Syria must realize that the occupied Golan “belongs to Israel.” He stressed that Israel "will win" and has no other choice, praising US President Donald Trump as Israel's "biggest partner" in the face of what he described as an imminent danger to it and to the world. The Israeli Prime Minister attacked Britain and France against the backdrop of their colonial past. He said: "They accuse Israel, little Israel, of colonialism. What kind of colonialism is this? And who accuses us? Among them are some in Britain and France," adding that countries like these two "are the ones who created this term." Netanyahu also described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “tyrant,” accusing Türkiye of spreading what he called anti-Semitic lies, and pointing to Erdogan’s hosting of Hamas leaders. Netanyahu said that many Jews no longer feel safe in New York since the election of Zahran Mamdani as mayor. He said: “Since you were elected mayor of this city, many Jews no longer feel safe in New York,” adding: “Israel is falsely and repeatedly accused of committing genocide... The lies that you and other anti-Semites spread about Jews and the Jewish state have real consequences.”