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Danny Danon | Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Reacts to Mamdani's Tone-Deaf October 7th Statement · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: I'm going to say this at the risk of pissing
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  Speaker 1: off all those other people. My favorite guy is Danny Danone.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't even know that. I see him every now
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  Speaker 1: and then. He's very, very nice. He's never been on
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  Speaker 1: this show.
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  Speaker 2: Never.
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  Speaker 3: But he's a tough guy. I see him on Fox News.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, when he speaks at the U.N., he
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  Speaker 1: bashes the president of Iran right across the face.
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  Speaker 3: I love it. He doesn't take any crap. He just doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: So I said, I said, you got to get Danny
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  Speaker 1: on after the comments that Mayor Mamdani made yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: So here he is.
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  Speaker 1: This guy's a tough bastard.
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  Speaker 3: I love him.
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  Speaker 1: The permanent representative of Israel to the United Nations, the
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  Speaker 1: great Danny Danone.
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  Speaker 3: Danny, good morning, pal.
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  Speaker 4: How are you?
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  Speaker 5: Hey, good morning, my friend. How are you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm great. Great to have you on this program. First time.
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  Speaker 3: I've been a fan of yours for a very long time.
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  Speaker 3: And why, Danny?
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  Speaker 1: Because, again, whether it's speaking to the president of Iran
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  Speaker 1: at the United Nations or speaking about other local politicians
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  Speaker 1: here in New York, you are fearless, my man, Danny.
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  Speaker 3: I love that about you.
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  Speaker 5: You know, we have no choice. We deal with all
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  Speaker 5: the bad guys at the UN. We have to stand tall,
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  Speaker 5: stand proud. And that's exactly what we are doing, especially
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  Speaker 5: now with Mayor Ramdani spreading lies, hatred, black libels. You know,
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  Speaker 5: I don't know. I think he has other words as
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  Speaker 5: a mayor, but all day long he's putting hate against Israel,
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  Speaker 5: against the Jewish community. So we have to stand back.
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  Speaker 3: No, we do.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, listen, I really thought, and I hate
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  Speaker 1: the guy, I hate his guts. I think, you know, Danny,
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  Speaker 1: I've been about as loud, if not louder than anybody
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  Speaker 1: in the city about him. But for some reason, I
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  Speaker 1: thought yesterday he wasn't going to be so bad. He
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  Speaker 1: was actually going to find a way to lie to
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  Speaker 1: people as if he cared about the Jews. He couldn't
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  Speaker 1: even do that, Danny. His statement was barely about Israel.
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  Speaker 1: It was all about sympathizing with the Palestinians who, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, were complicit and helped Hamas on October the 7th.
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  Speaker 3: Were you surprised or not?
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  Speaker 5: What he tried to do yesterday is to hijack the
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  Speaker 5: only day we have to commemorate what happened, to pray
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  Speaker 5: for the victims, to stand with the families. And he
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  Speaker 5: tried to hijack it and to make it like another
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  Speaker 5: day to bash Israel, to spread these blood libels. It
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  Speaker 5: didn't work for him. You know, we had our ceremonies.
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  Speaker 5: We respected that day. But, you know, I saw the
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  Speaker 5: way he was accepted by those radicals. And maybe he
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  Speaker 5: learned a lesson that you cannot actually appease those radicals.
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  Speaker 5: You know, whatever you give them, they will ask for more.
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  Speaker 5: But it was a shameful attempt to actually erase the
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  Speaker 5: memory of the victims and what happened on October 7th.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 1: The pro-Hamas people, the bad people, even booed the mayor
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  Speaker 1: last night in Union Square. I was shocked to see that.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe you're right. Maybe neither side could stand this
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  Speaker 1: guy at this point.
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  Speaker 3: But forget about him. He's a louse.
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  Speaker 1: He's a bad guy. Tell me, Danny, what you did
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  Speaker 1: yesterday and what you were thinking throughout the day as
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  Speaker 1: we did commemorate three years of the worst day in
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  Speaker 1: Israel's history.
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  Speaker 5: So we had a very important ceremony at the United
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  Speaker 5: Nations with both survivors that told their story. I wanted
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  Speaker 5: to thank Ambassador Mike Walsh for attending the event. And,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I was surprised. Many diplomats showed up, even
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  Speaker 5: countries that are very hostile to Israel, like Spain or Ireland,
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  Speaker 5: you know, they still showed up for these important events.
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  Speaker 5: And we send a clear message that we are in pain.
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  Speaker 5: We have scars, but we are not broken. We are
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  Speaker 5: standing tall and we'll continue to fight. And we show
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  Speaker 5: to the world the resilience of the Jewish people.
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  Speaker 1: Are you as proud as I am, Danny, of Israel?
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  Speaker 1: I was there literally two months after the attacks, January 2024.
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  Speaker 1: I've been back five times since, and I love that place.
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  Speaker 1: I really do. But even when I got there right
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  Speaker 1: after the war started— early 2024, they were still going
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  Speaker 1: out for dinner, living their lives as if nothing had happened,
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  Speaker 1: as if there weren't dead bodies all over the street.
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  Speaker 3: Now, three years later, it's even better.
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  Speaker 1: Are you proud of how resilient, courageous, and amazing the
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  Speaker 1: Israelis are?
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely. I am proud. It's part of our heritage. And
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  Speaker 5: we know we will prevail because we have no other choice.
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  Speaker 5: We see the barbaric behavior of the terrorists We saw
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  Speaker 5: what happened on the plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
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  Speaker 5: So we have to stand up and to fight back.
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  Speaker 5: And that's exactly what we are doing. And we were
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  Speaker 5: able to push back our enemies in the last three years.
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  Speaker 5: And I hope that they learned the lesson.
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  Speaker 1: You know, on the way out, Danny, I was in
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  Speaker 1: the U.N. that day when Bibi spoke a couple of
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  Speaker 1: weeks ago. I sat there with my friend Alan Dershowitz,
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  Speaker 1: and I loved his speech. He was amazing.
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  Speaker 3: And you just said something he said about five times
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  Speaker 3: that day. We don't have a choice. We're going to
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  Speaker 3: win because we don't have a choice. And when B.B.
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  Speaker 1: Says that, he means that. I don't know if you
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  Speaker 1: were there in the building that day or not. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure you were probably downstairs with him. But how great
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  Speaker 1: was that speech at the UN a couple of weeks ago?
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  Speaker 5: It was an amazing speech, a strong speech. You know,
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  Speaker 5: the Prime Minister came for six hours. You know, he
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  Speaker 5: flew in. delivered the speech and flew back to Israel
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  Speaker 5: for the holiday, for its campaign. It was an important visit,
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  Speaker 5: and I think the message was well received, not only
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  Speaker 5: at the UN, but all around the world. This event
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  Speaker 5: was broadcasted, and it was very impactful.
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  Speaker 1: Last one, Danny, with this mayor in charge of New York,
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  Speaker 1: and anybody who argues whether he hates the Jews or
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  Speaker 1: not is just stupid.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to hear that he's anti-Zionist but not anti-Jew.
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  Speaker 3: He hates the Jews. He hates us. Every one of us.
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  Speaker 3: He hates us. He hates you, Danny. He can't stand you.
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  Speaker 3: Are we going to be okay?
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  Speaker 1: Is New York going to make it with another three years?
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely. One term, Mayor Mamdani.
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  Speaker 2: We will not uproot the Jewish community from New York.
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  Speaker 2: It is a strong community. I'm sure we will prevail.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're going to have to fix a lot.
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  Speaker 2: But it happened in the past, and I'm sure we'll
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  Speaker 2: overcome the damages that it may be that it will
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  Speaker 2: make in the next few years.
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  Speaker 3: Danny, keep up the great work, man.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's terrific. I really do.
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  Speaker 5: Keep it up.
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  Speaker 3: God bless you.
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  Speaker 1: You too. Danny Danone right there, the full-time Israel rep
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  Speaker 1: here in the United Nations. And you need a tough
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  Speaker 1: guy like that because that is a very anti-Semitic body.
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  Speaker 3: We know that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, listen, Chris Cuomo's an idiot. I know Bill
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  Speaker 1: O'Reilly's coming up. This is not what he's talking about.
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  Speaker 1: I was in the building that day. Not everybody left
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  Speaker 1: when B.B.
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  Speaker 3: Spoke. Not even close.
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  Speaker 1: It was not even close to being empty. But, but,
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  Speaker 1: from my liking, too many people did leave. Okay? And
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  Speaker 1: I am very confident in saying the U.N. as a
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  Speaker 1: whole is a very anti-American, let's start there, America first, anti-American,
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  Speaker 1: anti-Israel movement.
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  Speaker 3: Body.
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  Speaker 1: So for Danny Danone going to work every day, that's
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  Speaker 1: an away game every day, Justin. That's an away game
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  Speaker 1: every day. And it's not a football game on the line.
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  Speaker 1: Some days it's your life. And this guy shows a
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  Speaker 1: tremendous amount.
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  Speaker 3: Of fortitude and toughness. Good for you, Danny DeNomo.
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