The United Nations General Assembly continues to be a soapbox for countries to hurl invectives against Israel.
Multiple nations have used their addresses to the General Assembly to levy critiques. One early example was Jordan’s address given by King Abdullah Il bin Al-Hussein, who fiercely tore into Israel for stepping over the “red line” multiple times in its response to the October 7 terror attacks.
The foreign ministers of Jordan and Egypt also released a statement that called for the end of “Israeli aggression on Gaza” and condemned the same “aggression on Lebanon.” The statement reads, in part,
The ministers called on the international community and the Security Council to assume their relevant responsibilities to stop the war and indicated that Israel bears full responsibility for this deterioration, which will have serious consequences for the entire region.
Other nations have levied similar criticism and called for an end to hostilities. This includes nations in the Middle Eastern region such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, as well as others across the world like Colombia. Iran has continued to critique Israel since the beginning of the General Assembly, blaming the nation for the tensions in the region.
Israel continues to say that the ultimate goal of its war is to provide security and sustainability for itself and the region.
But despite the popularity of condemning Israel at the UN, the nation found one strong ally in Argentinian President Javier Milei. The South American leader took the podium at the General Assembly to defend Israel and condemn the United Nations for what he said was a “tragic path” of socialist policymaking.