Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to touch down in New York late in the day next Wednesday for a lightning-fast, 24-hour trip to address the United Nations General Assembly.
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon says the trip is taking place despite New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s months-long campaign to have him arrested on an International Criminal Court warrant.
Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in New York late on September 23, deliver his address to the General Assembly in the afternoon on September 24, and then fly back to Israel that same night.
Danon said the trip is happening “because ‘there is no option’” for Netanyahu to skip the world body’s annual gathering, even amid heightened security concerns and expected protests tied directly to Mamdani’s calls for his arrest.
The ambassador added that he expects the reception inside the chamber to echo last year’s dramatic scene, when large numbers of delegates staged a mass walkout the moment Netanyahu rose to speak: “I expect that there will be something like another show,” Danon said.
If it goes forward as planned, the address will mark roughly the 15th time Netanyahu has spoken to the UN General Assembly as Israel’s prime minister — a mark few, if any, world leaders have matched — reflecting both the longevity of his tenure and Israel’s need to repeatedly answer her critics on the world’s biggest diplomatic stage.
AFSI Insight
Netanyahu’s upcoming 15th address to the UN is an opportunity to confront the international body’s persistent hostility toward Israel and present Israel’s case directly to the world. AFSI believes the speech should make clear that Israel’s security, sovereignty, and right to defend itself are not matters for the UN to dictate. After years of one-sided resolutions and pressure on Israel, Netanyahu has an important platform to challenge the prevailing narrative and reaffirm Israel’s legal, historic and strategic rights.
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One Day. One Speech. One Message: Netanyahu Set For Historic 15th UN Address, by Hana Levi Julian/The Jewish Edition, September 14, 2026