There are certain things in life: the sun rises in the east, traffic jams on the Ayalon Highway, and every September the Israeli prime minister arrives in New York to address a hall full of representatives of countries who cluck their tongues and vote for anything that undermines Israel’s existence. This year, on September 27, 2025, it was Benjamin Netanyahu again – someone who knows the General Assembly hall as well as the street in front of the House – and he took the podium armed with the same charisma, a throat rough from flying and a presentation that was intended to tell the world: “Enough. Not this time. We will not be silent and we will not fold.”

A classic of a speech versus a classic of hypocrisy

Netanyahu repeated the main points that we all know: there will be no Palestinian state run by Hamas and encouraging terror, there will be no ceasefire that leaves the hostages in the tunnels, and Israel will finish the work it started in Gaza. But this time the tone was razor-sharp, almost prophetic: no more scholarly explanations, but a mirror-image to the world – and especially to the European countries, Australia and Canada – that raised their hands in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state while the kidnapped were still in the tunnels and the missiles were still falling.

Then came the part that had already become routine for us: the cameras show the departure of representatives of the hostile and Islamizing countries, Netanyahu talking about the kidnapped, about the massacre, about the need to protect the people of Israel; in the audience – some Western representatives nod out of diplomatic courtesy, others stare at their phones, and others simply go out for a coffee break. After all, the Jews will speak – and the world will continue with its business.

The Jews are always under the wheels

It seems that there is no nation in the world that knows the underbelly of wheels as well as we do. From the wheels of Pharaoh’s chariots to the wheels of Eastern European trains – and these days, the wheels of UN cynicism. Every year it’s the same show: Israel is attacked, responds, dragged before investigative committees, and in the end it is the one who has to explain its very right to exist.

Netanyahu mentioned in his speech, in words that were not intended to be gentle, that the UN was established to prevent another Holocaust, but in practice has become a wholesale market for accusations against the only Jewish state.

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The Irony of “International Morality”

You don’t have to be a political commentator to recognize the absurdity: In the same year that dozens of Western countries ignored the October 7 massacre, voted against Israel’s defense actions, and recognized a Palestinian state on paper – they themselves are promoting draconian anti-immigration laws, closing borders to refugees, and struggling to deal with Islamic terrorism at home. But Israel always has the favorite place on the shelf: automatic guilt.

As Netanyahu said between the lines – it’s not a matter of borders, it’s a matter of anti-Semitism and hypocrisy. Anti-Semitism has just changed its uniform: once it wore a brown uniform, today it’s donning diplomatic suits and talking about “human rights.”

The Black Humor of Diplomacy

If we don’t laugh – we’ll cry. And so it’s impossible not to appreciate the irony: every Israeli speech at the UN is like a sad stand-up show. Israel presents facts, statistics, satellite photos, shocking testimonies from kidnapped people – and the world responds with political theater of high-fives, boos, and automatic votes.

Netanyahu knows this well, so this time he added a stinging note to his speech: “I didn’t come to ask for your permission to protect my citizens.” A sentence that resonated like a collective slap in the face to all those representatives who prefer not to get involved with the truth.

Always alone – and always surviving

It may be sad, but it is also a source of pride: Israel is used to standing alone. It has stood alone in the face of boycotts, alone in the face of sanctions, alone in the face of Arab armies, and now alone in the face of ridiculous resolutions at the UN. This small nation has learned that it is better to be alone with one’s conscience than surrounded by fake friends.

Netanyahu ended his speech not with a plea but with a warning – to Israel’s enemies and its imaginary friends in the West: Do not make the mistake of thinking that the Jewish people will once again be the eternal victim. Israel will defend itself even if the audience in New York does not like it.

The conclusion: The world is changing, the wheels are the same

Netanyahu’s speech on September 27, 2025, will perhaps be remembered not as a reality-changer but as another historical reminder: Even in the 21st century, with high-speed internet and discussions about artificial intelligence, there are those who prefer to blame the Jews rather than deal with terror.

Israel will not stop speaking in this hall, even if the audience goes out for a coffee break. Because while history teaches that Jews always find themselves under the wheels – it also teaches that we know how to get up, fight and survive, long after those wheels have come apart from the immorality that set them in motion.

Bottom line: Netanyahu’s speech was not just a response to the latest UN resolutions, but a historic speech by a people who refuse to continue to serve as a rug under the wheels of global hypocrisy. And it reminded everyone — especially Europeans, Australians and Canadians — that Israel does not intend to be run over quietly again.

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