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Netanyahu's New York visit expected to be brief without Trump meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to New York this week is expected to be brief, with limited engagements and no meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Netanyahu is scheduled to attend the 81st.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to New York this week to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly is expected to be brief and limited to a small number of meetings. Netanyahu's current schedule does not include a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Barak Seri, an Israeli military intelligence analyst and former officer, described Netanyahu's New York visit as “highly unusual, very brief and almost devoid of meetings.” Seri said Netanyahu was being isolated internationally and that Trump did not want to meet with him.
Criticism of Israel's international standing
Eli Ohana, a former football star and former president of Beitar Jerusalem, also said that the situation in Israel was “not ideal.” Ohana said he avoided identifying himself as Israeli while abroad and concealed his identity while vacationing in Greece.
Ohana said Israel was going through “an abnormal period.” Dan Shapiro, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel who served in Tel Aviv, argued that Israel's standing in the United States had suffered an “unprecedented decline” and that Netanyahu was not part of the solution.
Shapiro said the decline had reached an unprecedented level even among Republicans, Trump's party. He said Trump might conclude that working with another government would be easier ahead of the elections planned for Oct. 27 in Israel.
Netanyahu's New York schedule
Netanyahu is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. New York time during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Although efforts had previously been made to arrange a meeting between Netanyahu and Trump, Netanyahu's current schedule does not include a meeting with the U.S. president.
Anti-Netanyahu protests are expected to take place in New York during the visit. The protests are expected to condemn Israel's war in Gaza and attacks on Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank.
Toll in Gaza and the West Bank
The estimated toll of the war in Gaza is around 74,000 Palestinians killed and more than 175,000 injured. Most of those killed and injured are children and women.
Approximately 90 percent of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been damaged in the destruction caused by the war, while reconstruction costs are estimated at around $70 billion. Attacks on Palestinians and their property have also intensified in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Election and corruption cases
General elections in Israel are planned for Oct. 27. Netanyahu has led the current government since the end of December 2022; the government has been described as the most right-wing in Israel's history.
Netanyahu is also facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases. Critics in Israel and other countries argue that he has prolonged military operations to delay court hearings.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November 2024 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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