Brief: Netanyahu at UN, Lebanon marks Nasrallah assassination
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This week: Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly as Israel continued its destruction of Gaza City. Lebanon marked one year since Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. It is day 723 of the war on Gaza, where more than 65,926 Palestinians have been killed.
In this episode:
- Lucia Newman, (@lucianewman) Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Tareq Abu Azzoum, (@abuoazzum) Al Jazeera Diplomatic Editor
- Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz) Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced and mixed by David Enders. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Munera AlDosari is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Anders, and this is the take. |
| 0:05.3 | As Israel's war on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria continues, |
| 0:09.2 | we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. |
| 0:13.2 | This week, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly |
| 0:17.8 | as Israel continued its destruction of Gaza's city. |
| 0:22.4 | Lebanon marked one year since Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. Today is Sunday, September 28. It is day |
| 0:28.6 | 723 of the war on Gaza, where more than 65,926 Palestinians have been killed. |
| 0:39.8 | On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the annual UN General Assembly in New York, |
| 0:47.2 | prompting many country's representatives to leave the room in protest. |
| 0:51.4 | Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reported. |
| 0:54.3 | Netanyahu lashed out at nearly 160 UN member nations who recognized Palestinian statehood, |
| 1:01.4 | calling them weak need. |
| 1:03.7 | Giving the Palestinians a state one mile from Jerusalem after October 7th is like giving |
| 1:09.9 | Al-Qaeda estate one mile from New York City after |
| 1:13.5 | September 11th. This is sheer madness. It's insane and we won't do it. |
| 1:20.0 | As you spoke, a few blocks away, foreign ministers and representatives of 34 countries responded, |
| 1:27.2 | committing to an initiative to take collective |
| 1:29.7 | action against Israel. |
| 1:31.6 | It's a measure aimed at bypassing a U.S. veto at the Security Council. |
| 1:35.8 | Netanyahu is standing firm, and he is betting that one of his few unconditional allies |
| 1:42.0 | will do the same as he prepares to meet U.S. President Donald Trump |
| 1:46.3 | again at the White House on Monday. |
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