(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the U.N. General Assembly next month in New York.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the Prime Minister’s Office said the Sept. 30 speech would focus on Iran. It will be the third year in a row that Netanyahu will address the United Nations.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani also is expected to address the world body.
Netanyahu is expected to meet with a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the General Assembly. While a meeting with President Obama is possible, nothing has been finalized, according to the Post.
In last year’s U.N. speech, Netanyahu presented a cartoonish-looking picture of a bomb with a thick red line that he said delineated the point in Iran’s nuclear development process beyond which it must not be allowed to proceed.
In his 2011 address, Netanyahu focused on peace talks with the Palestinians, urging U.N. member states not to support the Palestinian Authority’s bid to be recognized as a non-member observer state. The Palestinian motion for a status upgrade passed anyway.
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