Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called out Iran during a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, accusing the Islamic nation of being behind an anti-Semitic campaign against Israel. Lapid spoke of “two great threats” facing Israel, linking Iran to both. “The first is the nuclear threat. The fear that terrorist states and terrorist organizations will get their hands on nuclear weapons. The second threat is the loss of truth,” Lapid said. “Our democracies are slowly being poisoned by lies and fake news. Reckless politicians, totalitarian states and radical organizations are undermining our perception of reality.” Making the second point, Lapid recalled the publication of a 3-year-old Palestinian girl named Malak al-Tanani, who was reportedly killed along with her parents in an Israeli Air Force strike. IRAN’S RAISI IS ‘A MURDERER PRESIDENT’ WHO WILL NEVER GET A NUCLEAR BOMB: ISRAELI UN AMBASSADOR Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Thursday. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) “It was a heartbreaking image, but Malak Al Tanani doesn’t exist. The photo was taken from Instagram. It’s a girl from Russia,” he said. “I can give you thousands more examples of similar fake news about Israel. The anti-Israel movement has been spreading these lies for years. In the media, on college campuses, and on social media,” Lapid said. “The question is not why they do it, but why are you willing to listen?” Lapid said it’s all about anti-Semitism. “Anti-Semitism is the willingness to believe the worst about Jews, without question. Anti-Semitism judges Israel by a different standard than any other country,” he said. “This orchestra of hate runs Iran,” Lapid said. He noted how Israeli and American flags are often seen burning on the streets of Iran, raising the question of where these flags come from. “The answer is: They build them specifically. Just to burn them,” he said. “This is what a hate industry looks like.” ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER ON FOX: “WE WELCOME US STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS IN SYRIA” “The Iranian regime hates Jews, hates women, hates gays, hates the West,” he continued. “They hate and kill Muslims who think differently, like Salman Rushdie and Mahsa Amini. Their hatred is a way of life. It’s a way to maintain their oppressive rule.” As for the other threat Israel faces – nuclear – Lapid said Iran’s position on Israel is the only instance of a UN member state openly calling for the destruction of another member state. “If the Iranian regime gets a nuclear weapon, it will use it,” Lapid warned. “It must be made clear to Iran that if its nuclear program goes ahead, the world will not respond with words, but with military force. Whenever such a threat has been put on the table in the past, Iran has stopped and backed down.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Lapid also made it clear that the Jewish state is not to be taken lightly. “Jews today have a state,” he said in an unspoken contrast to the Holocaust era. “We have a military. We have great friendships, first and foremost with the United States. We have capabilities and we are not afraid to use them. We will do whatever it takes: Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. We will not stand while there are those who try to kill. Not again. Never again.”
