00:00I think he already incited, you know, by putting the ridiculous claim that he can or he should arrest the
00:08Prime Minister.
00:09If someone should be arrested, it's Mayor Mamdani for inciting, for actually collaborating with the enemy of the United States.
00:17You know, he sent his officials to meet with the Iranian ambassador here at the UN.
00:21And I hope that he will realize that he has responsibility not to call for people to demonstrate, but to
00:28take care of the city and to make sure that next week will be a quiet, functioning week for the
00:34thousands of people that will come from all around the world to participate in the UN high-level week.
01:05Thank you very much.
01:39Thank you very much.
01:40We have heard from the mayor of the city of New York.
01:45You know, the mayor is supposed to make sure that we're going to have a quiet week with less traffic
01:51and issues, but he's doing exactly the opposite.
01:54He's inciting, calling for people to demonstrate against our Prime Minister.
02:00But none of that will stop us.
02:03Prime Minister Netanyahu will come here to speak about the challenges facing Israel, but also about the opportunities we have
02:11in the region.
02:13Today we are here to discuss the situation in Syria.
02:16Israel faces verified security threats from Syrian territory, ISIS, Hezbollah, and the IRGC continue to operate and threaten Israel from
02:27within Syria.
02:29These radicals have contributed to the instability in the country.
02:34You can look at this map.
02:37To protect our citizens from these threats, Israel maintains a very small buffer zone on the Golan Heights.
02:47It's a tiny one, representing 0.1% of Syrian territory.
02:55While we will hear today a lot of criticism about this buffer zone, look what is happening in the north
03:03of Syria.
03:05Turkey currently occupies 5% of Syrian territory.
03:11That is 50 times of our buffer zone.
03:14But when Israel takes limited action to protect our civilians from threats, this consul is quick to condemn.
03:24But when Turkey maintains a much larger military footprint with 20,000 soldiers, more than 100 military posts, the consul
03:36is quiet.
03:39That footprint included the plans of Turkey to take over a base, the Abu al-Dawar base, and develop capabilities
03:49to undermine our security.
03:52And we took action to neutralize that threat.
03:56Israel will not leave the security of Israeli civilians to chance.
04:01As long as Syria remains vulnerable to terrorist organizations, internal chaos, and foreign military entrenchment, Israel will take the necessary
04:11steps to protect itself.
04:13Our message to the Syrian government is clear.
04:16If you want to re-enter the international community, you must ensure that Syria is not used as a platform
04:25for terrorism or as a playground for foreign powers.
04:29They should look at what happened to Lebanon and learn the lessons from Lebanon.
04:34Thank you very much.
04:38Ambassador, in terms of the mayor, and you mentioned the mayor, he's shifted ground a little bit, obviously, since he
04:48backed off arresting your prime minister.
04:51But now he says he will not attend the rallies, and he hasn't encouraged people to protest.
04:58Is that progress?
05:00Well, I think he already incited, you know, by putting the ridiculous claim that he can or he should arrest
05:09the prime minister.
05:10If someone should be arrested, it's Mayor Mamdani for inciting, for actually collaborating with the enemies of the United States.
05:18You know, he sent his officials to meet with the Iranian ambassador here at the UN, and I hope that
05:24he will realize that he has responsibility, not to call for people to demonstrate, but to take care of the
05:30city and to make sure that next week will be a quiet, functioning week for the thousands of people that
05:37will come from all around the world to participate in the UN high-level week.
05:41And you also mentioned the Abraham Accords.
05:45There's been some talk that maybe there'll be another member announced during high-level week, the way, the kingdom.
05:52Do you have any sense of that may happen?
05:55I'm optimistic about that.
05:57I don't think it will happen during the high-level week.
05:59But I think now that when we mark, Pamela, six years for the Abraham Accords, I think many countries realize
06:06that they are strong, beneficial,
06:08and you can just take a look at the cooperation between Israel and UAE and Bahrain.
06:13You know, we work together and we support our interests.
06:21Mr. Ambassador, Islam Doru from Anadolu Agency.
06:25How do you explain the difference between that the Syrian government doesn't complain about the Turkish presence on the north,
06:34but calls Israel as an occupier in the south?
06:39So, according to your math and statement, how do you explain this difference?
06:43I have no explanation.
06:45I will ask the Syrian ambassador today to clarify that.
06:48You know, he stood here last week condemning Israel for that Zizbafra zone, but I never heard him speaking about
06:56Tukiyem,
06:56and I will expect him to answer my questions today in the meeting in the Security Council.
07:01And if I may ask one more question, you often raise the concern that there's an anti-Semitism.
07:09Where do you draw the line between anti-Semitism and legitimate Israeli policy criticism?
07:17Because there's some accusation that Israeli policymakers usually use as a shield anti-Semitism to those who criticize Israeli policies.
07:29So, first of all, I agree with you.
07:31It is legitimate to criticize Israel.
07:33We are a democracy.
07:34We can handle criticism.
07:36But you see the difference when you use different standards.
07:40When UN officials use double standards, there is one way to treat Israel,
07:47and another policy when you treat other areas around the world.
07:52That's when it's becoming problematic.
07:54And, unfortunately, we see it a lot in the UN, that you see the obsession and the double standards against
07:59Israel.
08:11So, that's a very sensitive issue for me, because I'm working on that in the last few hours.
08:16It's very complicated, because we have high holidays now.
08:19So, the Prime Minister will come for a very short visit.
08:23Maybe he will stay one night, maybe even not.
08:26It will be a very short visit of the Prime Minister.
08:28It was very important for him to come to speak in the General Assembly.
08:31So, we will have few bilateral, but not too many, because of the time concerns.
08:37Do we have last question?
08:39Thank you very much.
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