An isolated Netanyahu takes UN stage as he seeks reelection at home
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year declaring that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with U.S. President Donald Trump as the two countries launched a war against Iran. But this week, as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly , there are no plans for the two men to be in the same room, or even in the same city. As the war with Iran…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his debut on the United Nations General Assembly stage this week, seeking re-election at home. However, his presence on the global platform came amidst a strained relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders, who initially stood together in the fight against Iran at the start of the year, have since diverged in their approaches to the conflict, causing a rift between them.
Netanyahu, who arrived in New York on Thursday, had a limited schedule of meetings with a few select leaders prior to delivering his own speech. This absence from a typical packed itinerary served to highlight the extent of the fracture in the relationship between Trump and the prime minister. Many in Washington have associated Netanyahu with the controversial Iran war and Trump has been keen to avoid the perception that Israel's leader pushed him into a war he himself considered undesirable.
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