[applause] israel excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, i, israel katz, stand here today at the podium of the United Nations as the foreign minister of the state of israel. For me, this is a very moving moment. In 1947, the u. N. Recognized the right of the jewish people to its own state in the land of israel. 71 years ago we established the state of israel. Since then, we have defended and developed our homeland and today , the state of israel is the strong on defense, a nation that leads in many fields. Israel is a real democracy for all of its citizens, jewish and nonjewish alike. First of all, israel is the nationstate of the jewish people, based on thousands of years of jewish history and the right of the jewish people to its own homeland, just as the u. N. Decided 72 years ago. I want to thank the president of the United States, donald trump, for his historic and brave decision to recognize jerusalem, the internal capital of the jewish people for 3000 years, as the capital of israe
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A program of home demolitions in september targeting the makeshift shelters of the poor ahead of the u. N. Mission to iraq has called for the violence to stop in a tweet one of the few International Voices to speak up as iraq still struggles to deal with the aftermath of the invasion by the u. S. And its coalition of the willing in 2003 she had aljazeera. Iraqis who are worried about the safety of their family and friends back home and stage a protest in front of the white house. Members of the solidarity rally say they cant get a hold of the valid ones too true internet suspension they say the government crackdown is an attack on democracy you know your move on how the. Top of the shop in the uk and your we are here demonstrating in support of the people of iraq and this is a letter addressed to the white house asking them to help the iraqi people and stand against iranian interference and we call on the protests in iraq to continue to be a little much to do just a mcdonalds drive to
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