Ahead of UN speech, Netanyahu meets Chabad delegation and receives Four Species
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with a delegation of Chabad rabbis before departing for New York. The delegation presented him with the Four Species and spoke with him ahead of his UN address. During the…
Assessment
Netanyahu takes religious symbolism into his UN trip. The Chabad delegation's gifts, the Four Species and the book Oseh Shalom, frame his address as a mission representing the Jewish people, not just Israeli statecraft. The timing ahead of the UN speech gives the meeting weight. Watch how the message about carrying the Jewish people's torch carries into his remarks in New York.