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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.
Empty trucks pass through the newly reopened Erez border crossing as they return from northern Gaza's Beit Hanun after dropping off aid. IMAGES
Humanitarian aid parcels are dropped over the destroyed Gaza City as Israel continues to pound the Palestinian territory. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Tuesday that at least 34,535 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. IMAGES
Humanitarian aid parcels are dropped over central Gaza, seen from Israel, during ongoing strikes on the Palestinian territory. The war has brought besieged Gaza to the brink of famine, UN and humanitarian officials say, reduced much of the territory to rubble and raised fears of broader conflict. IMAGES