Facing international isolation, accusations of war crimes and growing pressure to end the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gets his chance to push back Friday on the international community's biggest platform.

Mr. Netanyahu, who has been accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, faces intense pressures at home and abroad, and has remained defiant. “I will tell our truth,” he pledged before leaving Israel on Thursday in a video address in which he promised to use his speech to condemn the wave of recognitions.

Netanyahu plans on attacking what he perceives as the moral bankruptcy of countries he sees as rewarding the perpetrators of the Oct. 7 attack and casting Israel as a villain

Slovenia on Thursday imposed a travel ban on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a government statement, after last year officially recognising Palestine and in July banning two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers.

The Israeli prime minister, who is subject to an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges, avoided France and Spain, which have sharply criticized the war in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes.

Netanyahu still seems to have the unwavering support of President Donald Trump, and the U.S. has done much to shield Israel from censure. But as its latest invasion of Gaza City puts Trump’s hoped-for ceasefire further out of reach, and as some on the right express outrage, that too could change.

Benjamin Netanyahu avoided European airspace as he flew to New York to dodge a potential arrest for alleged war crimes.