And once the booing had died down, the General Assembly hall had nearly emptied, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu began to speak, his team got to work.
With paper and pen in hand, he walked around the room to take… attendance and record exactly which delegations had turned their backs on him and walked out.
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Iran, of course, made the list, even though they had taken care to place a large photograph of Qasem Soleimani on their seats. The commander of the Revolutionary Guards, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike.
Undeterred, however, he attempted to turn the tables.
“The ultimate irony? Many of the countries whose delegations have just left… are thanking us privately for neutralizing Iran’s nuclear program.”
And after he finished setting the record straight, he proceeded to stage yet another unprecedented show of force, even bringing the booby-trapped bombers onto the stage—the ones that exploded simultaneously in the hands of nearly 3,000 Hezbollah members.
“We crushed Hezbollah. Do you remember the suicide bombers? Do you remember them? Yes? Well, I can tell you this: Hezbollah certainly remembers them.”
Until… Starlink
In his 40-minute speech, he did not fail to mention the tyrants—as he put it—in Tehran, who censor and cut off the internet to keep Iranians in the dark. And he did just that, pointing out to the regime Elon Musk’s company’s satellite internet device, which becomes a weapon in the hands of the people.
“This is a communication device, Starlink… that allows people to access the truth. Mr. President, I will leave this device with you… so that you can give it to the Iranian delegation. That way, when they inevitably defect… they, too, will be able to freely tell their story on social media.”
A task ultimately undertaken by the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, who, at the conclusion of Netanyahu’s speech, appeared provocatively in front of the Iranian delegation’s seats and, after pointedly gesturing toward the drone to the country’s representative, rushed to present him with the… satellite device.
“I thought it would be a good idea to give you the Starlink. It might come in very handy for you, so that you can allow the Iranian people… to gain their freedom, after everything you’ve done to them. So, would you like to take it and give it to Tehran? It might be very useful to you in Iran.”
Shortly afterward, the Iranian diplomat wondered whether Netanyahu should be at the UN or in the dock at the International Criminal Court as a war criminal.
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