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Coverage dated September 25, 2026

Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Say America Deserved 9/11 -- He Was Quoting Hassan Piker To Criticize Mamdani

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Did Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say that America deserved 9/11 during an address to the United Nations General Assembly? No, that's not true: Netanyahu was criticizing New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani when he repeated the words said by political...

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    Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Say America Deserved 9/11 -- He Was Quoting Hassan Piker To Criticize Mamdani (opens Leadstories)

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    Did Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say that America deserved 9/11 during an address to the United Nations General Assembly? No, that's not true: Netanyahu was criticizing New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani when he repeated the words said by political...

  2. Latin Times

    Netanyahu Name-Dropped Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker at the UN. American Campuses Now Have To Pick a Side (opens Latin Times)

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    Netanyahu invoked Hasan Piker at the UN the same night he spoke at Cornell. Here's what the campus debate really means for free speech.

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