UN address and polling Kan’s pre-speech update

Sep 24

Kan's final update before Netanyahu's UN address discusses U.S. polling and political distancing from Israel. Nathan Gutman cites a 15 percent enemy figure and characterizes two-thirds of Americans as not supporting Israel, without identifying a new poll or its methodology. He interprets Trump and Vance's distancing and says Rubio refused to approve a statement condemning European sanctions on settlements. Shahar Glick reports small demonstrations outside the UN and security cordons around Netanyahu's arrival, while anticipating possible provocations during the forthcoming address. The polling references, observations, forecasts and political interpretations remain attributed to the correspondents.

Kan describes pro-Palestinian and anti-Netanyahu Israeli expatriate protests around the UN visit. Shahar Glick says demonstrations are smaller and quieter than expected, describes extensive security around Netanyahu's arrival and anticipates possible demonstrations inside the hall. His post-speech return again describes relative quiet outside. No attendance count or arrests are given. IRINN's September 25 introduction cites AP for hundreds protesting several blocks from the UN, while its later package says thousands and reports more than 100 arrests, including Susan Sarandon. It presents these protests as evidence of Israel's isolation. These attributed claims are not reconciled with Kan's description of smaller, quieter demonstrations; the broadcasts may cover different locations or moments and neither provides a common counting method. Vremya's September 25 package shows protesters blocking approaches to UN headquarters, airs a Jewish protester's objection to financing what she calls genocide, and reports more than 100 arrests including Susan Sarandon. It then airs Netanyahu's denial and claims about warnings, vaccinations and aid. These are the report's protest, arrest and competing Gaza accounts, with no common counting method that resolves Kan's smaller, quieter description or IRINN's differing crowd estimates. IRINN's September 27 recap calls the New York rally the largest and describes hundreds protesting Netanyahu and the war in Gaza. A demonstrator criticizes U.S. financing and fears further support for Israel. The package gives no new arrest count, date or common crowd-counting method, so it is not evidence of a separately occurring September 27 demonstration and does not reconcile earlier descriptions.