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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the UN "has become a moral farce", and called the Human Rights Council a 'joke' as he was gave his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Thursday. The 71st annual UNGA takes place in the UN's New York City headquarters between Tuesday 20 and Monday 26 September.
Footage released by the White House shows President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking as they met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The United States signed an agreement with Israel to provide the Israeli military with $38 billion in funding over 10 years, at a ceremony in Washington DC on Wednesday. This is the largest sum the US has provided to any country.
The US military has completed construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon says. SOUNDBITE
The Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings, whose closure by Israel is cutting off aid to Gaza, must be reopened "immediately", urges UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. SOUNDBITE
Empty trucks pass through the newly reopened Erez border crossing as they return from northern Gaza's Beit Hanun after dropping off aid. IMAGES
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