Published: 1 October 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
PM accused of having no genuine foreign policy, and widely attacked for ignoring the Palestinian conflict altogether
At UN, Bennett sets Israel’s international discourse back to the days of Golda Meir (Haaretz)
YOSSI VERTER: The Israeli prime minister mentioned Iran almost as much as Netanyahu, while the word 'Palestinians' was not uttered even once
Bennett's UN speech shows Israel has no real strategy against Iran (Jerusalem Post)
RON BEN-YISHAI: Address to General Assembly serves as thinly veiled threat that if a real initiative is not taken against Islamic Republic, Jerusalem will do it alone
What Bennett didn't tell the UN is further proof Israel has no foreign policy (Haaretz)
Instead of using an international platform to sketch out a vision for the future alongside the Palestinians, Israel's Bennett avoided uttering 'the P word' and sounded as if he was still campaigning for office
Bennett skipped the one word UN wanted to hear: Palestinians (Jerusalem Post)
ANALYSIS: The Palestinians and a two-state resolution to the conflict took a back seat to larger issues but that doesn't mean the UN doesn't care
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Palestinian officers go on trial over death of Abbas critic (Reuters)
Cartoon: Eran Wolkowski
