Evening Edition: The Politics Behind UN Delegates Walking Out on Netanyahu

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1:02Assembly are ringing with American audiences, but the diplomatic class, especially in the Middle East, attempted to shun Benjamin Netanyahu. Things have now shifted back and that is now a game that the Crown Prince needs to play and that a lot of these leaders are playing in the public. While privately, they understand that Israel is a partner for peace and not the problem. This is the Fox News rundown evening edition. Yamavar Resort and Casino at Sandman Well is bringing the biggest laughs to the stage. Break taboos with Ali Wang on August 28th and 29th. Enjoy Ralph Barbosis dry humor on September 18th and 19th. Don't miss Nikki Glazers on Apologetic Comedy November 19th. Tickets on sale now at Yamavartheater.com. Only at Yamavar Resort and Casino celebrating its 40th anniversary. You in must be 21 to enter.

2:03Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel this week addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York with certain fiery condemnation for Israel's critics which includes certain heads of state as well as the leaders of the UN and its agencies. He refuted claims of genocide levied against Israel by other speakers and spoke openly of the U.S. Israel special alliance, calling President Trump the best friend Israel has ever had. But what people are noticing is that before the Prime Minister began his speech as he took the podium in New York, that representatives of Arab nations as well as some others, including from Europe left the UN chamber in protest. And there is some shock over that. But for those who haven't been paying attention, the walkouts occur every year whenever the Israeli Prime Minister comes to speak. No matter who that Prime Minister happens to be at the time, it's not just about Netanyahu. The Arab leaders walked out and not just Arab leaders, there were others that walked out as well. And this is par for the course.

3:04Unfortunately, it's par for the course. Jay Kimball is the director of policy and strategic operations for the U.S. Israel Education Association. But I think what the Prime Minister said, as that was happening or right after that happened, he acknowledged publicly that many of these countries that walked out privately are thanking him. They are supportive of what Israel is doing. They want Israel to get rid of Iran's nuclear program because it's not just a threat to them. It's not just a threat to Israel. It's a threat to these other countries. And case in point is Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia fears the Iranians having a nuclear weapon. The Iranians want to control the major sites in Islam and Mecca and Medina. And now the Saudis are being attacked by Iran's proxy in Yemen, the Houthis. And as they're looking for support, I saw today that the French are sending some military people to secure one of the port cities in Saudi Arabia, but not to fight militarily,

4:10but as defensive. But who's the one country that understands the threat and is actually willing to fight? That's Israel. And Saudi Arabia is trying to play this game because the people in Saudi Arabia were radicalized by Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qataris, owned by the Qataris. First October 7th, that the people are now anti-Israel, whereas pre-October 7th, they were on the verge of normalization with Israel because the people realized Israel is not our enemy. Things have now shifted back and that is now a game that the Crown Prince needs to play and that a lot of these leaders are playing in the public while privately they understand that Israel is a partner for peace and not the problem. I think it was exceptionally telling and illustrative even that when those representatives of Arab nations and let's face some European nations as well, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Ambassador left, but one who conspicuously stayed was the Ambassador from the United Arab Emirates, who's, you know,

5:15the UAE has been the most vocal, I think, tentpole of the Abraham Accords outside of Israel. Certainly Bahrain, I think, is like in a close second, but if there has been an Arab leader within the Accords, it's been the UAE and they're not shining away from this. They were very celebratory, just the other week with the sixth anniversary of the Accords signings. I think that's also telling. It is. It is. And that's what true peace looks like as opposed to peace that Israel has with Egypt, Jordan, but we see that with the UAE and to your point, we see that with Bahrain, we see that with Morocco, Israel just, Israel and Morocco just agreed to exchange ambassadors now, you know, upping the relationship. Part of this is also jealousy quite frankly. These other countries look at what the UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, the Abraham Accords countries have with having an open relationship with Israel and their jealous of it. And part of it is that their people have been so radicalized

6:22and some of that's their fault. Some of that is the foreign influence fault. They want to be part of it and they're trying to figure out how, but in order to be part of it, you have to be a leader, you have to be courageous. And that is the problem that we see with a lot of these countries is a courage gap. And Saudi Arabia really wants to solve the problem that they have with the Houthis. You normalize publicly your relationship with Israel and everything changes for you for the positive. But right now they're trying to play the game with Turkey, games with Pakistan, and they're unwilling to take the leap that they need to take. The actual remarks from the Prime Minister were rather poignant as well. I felt that he certainly made his use of props. He's done that before with charts and pictures blown up, satellite photos and all that stuff. But he held up that beeper and he held up that starlink and made some points, I think. It was hard not to notice that, especially with regard to the beeper. I think certainly

7:29shocked the world that the beeper operation involving Hezbollah. That it was carried out, that it was something that took years to do and it was used at the appropriate time. Yeah, the Prime Minister's speech was direct. It was forceful. It was unapologetic and kudos to him because it is true. The United Nations is a house of lies. I mean, we see European leaders stepping up there. We saw the French leader Macron coming up there and commenting about how Hamas is an operating, isn't in control. He's never had a presence in the West Bank in Judea and Samaria. These patents. Emmanuel Macron said that. I think to call it a lie means he has to know that it's not true, but maybe he thinks it's true. I don't know. He may think it's true, but the reality is what he said was demonstrably false. And whether he intentionally meant it or

8:35that's irrelevant. When you're on a world stage like that and you're speaking to the world, that's the message that they're hearing. When so-called leaders are getting up there calling Israel a genocidal state, that's what they're hearing, even though the facts show the opposite. And so for the Prime Minister to go up there and also President Trump for that matter, to speak very clearly, and there were other leaders who spoke very clearly about the failings of the United Nations and the problems of the United Nations is important because the world needs to hear the truth. And when people are trying to figure out what's going on and they hear the truth, it connects with them when they're trying to figure it out because they know something's wrong. So when you can show the truth, it's that light switch in some people's heads. We're speaking with EJ Kimball. He's the director of policy and strategic operations for the US Israel Education Association. We're discussing the reaction to the UN General Assembly speech given by

9:36Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On the Fox News rundown evening edition, please like, subscribe, share this podcast. We'll have more straight ahead. Biggest laughs to the stage. Break taboos with Ali Wang on August 28th and 29th. Enjoy Ralph Barbosa's dry humor on September 18th and 19th. And don't miss Nikki Glacier's unapologetic comedy November 19th. Tickets on sale now at Yamavatheater.com. Only at Yamavar Resort and Casino, celebrating its 40th anniversary. UN must be 21 to enter. That's a great point. You know, it's one thing for these leaders to sit in the opulence of the United Nations building in New York City and speechify as the kids would say. And it's one another thing for you and I to talk about it. And, you know, maybe it's shown on some news channels on cable in the middle of the day. Ultimately, how does this affect public opinion? Does it affect

10:40public opinion? Does it permeate? Because if, you know, if not, then it's kind of a weird exercise. Well, I think part of this, if for really all leaders that come there, there is obviously the international audience, but it's also a big part about your domestic audience. It's showing your leadership. It's showing your ability to stand up for your country, for your people, against all threats against you, no matter where they're coming from. And so I think from a domestic standpoint for the Prime Minister, this was a very important speech to show that he is still a strong leader. He's willing to stand up and to show that the world, the people that are there understand and he's building those alliances. You know, ultimately, is this going to sway opinions? One speech won't sway opinions. It's part of a concerted effort and it needs to be echoed for people to hear and to refute the lies that are out there with the facts.

11:41It's not going to change everyone's mind. It's not going to change things quickly, but the more that we can put out the truth of what's going on, it can help. And we see this with countries, I mean, look at Colombia, they cut off relationship with Iran. Why? Because they recognize that Iran is the problem. A lot of these countries recognize it. The problem is, quite frankly, they hate Jews and they're hiding behind this anti-Zionism, anti-BB narrative to hide what they're truly saying, which is we don't believe the Jews should have their own nation. We don't believe the Jews should be a collected people. The Jews are fine on their own, but they just need to understand their place and live under our rules. And throughout history, Jews have said, no, we are a distinct people and ultimately have returned to the land of Israel. And that's not changing. And I think that was the most important part of the Prime Minister's

12:42message was re-emphasizing that for Israel, we are here. We're not going anywhere. This is our land. And that's it. There's no negotiation over our rights to our land. And that was both for a domestic audience, but also for the international audience to show that Israel is strong. And quite frankly, whoever is the Prime Minister of Israel, that's not going to change in the short term. I think the American audience or political watchers don't grasp that about Israeli politics, is that there may be a left and there may be a right, but on that issue, there's wide consensus that that's that's just non-negotiable. Correct. Now, there's definitely in Israel, those that are willing to give up land for peace. But even those people have said, but not now. They understand that even if you could get to a point where the other side is truly, truly willing to recognize Israel's existence, to write to a state, to self-determination,

13:46they just want to have their own territory part of it. Even on that side, on the left in Israel, they recognize that there is no partner today. So until you get there, this whole talk of a Palestinian state right now is at best a colossal waste of time, at worst it emboldens Hamas and these other terrorist groups to continue waging war, which runs counter not just to Israel in the United States interest, but to their interests as well in Europe, because you're creating instability in a region that's vital to the world economy. All right, EJ Kimball, you're the director of policy and strategic operations at the U.S. Israel Education Association. Thanks for being with us again on the Fox News rundown. I pleasure it. Thank you. Listen, AdFree on Fox News Podcasts plus on Apple Podcasts and Prime Members can listen

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