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My good friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been in New York City for the past several days desperately struggling to defend his country against the weight of the world. Yesterday when he took the podium at the United Nations, the sense of hatred could be felt in the room. There were cheers and applause and a warm welcome for PA President Abbas when he spoke…not for the leader of Israel. So many nations have disguised their anti-Semitism behind a hatred of Israel. The enemies of the Jewish state want nothing less than the utter destruction of Israel, and they...

September 23, 2011 Benjamin Netanyahu 'On the Record,' Pt. 1 Israeli prime minister sounds off on his attempt to 'speak the truth' on Palestine before the U.N. General Assembly and more

I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Benjamin Netanyahu. He seemed something of a careerist with the capacity to talk out of both sides of his mouth. In other words, a politician. But who could decry anyone with the guts to stand in the belly of the United Nations — as he did last Friday — and define that paleo-corrupt institution precisely as it is — a “house of many lies”? Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress back in May was also widely applauded by a friendly audience. But this address — before a body that welcomes...