October 3, 2013 | Quote
Netanyahu Backs UN Speech with Media Blitz
Following his speech at the UN, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reinforced his message to the American public, extending his trip to the US by a day to grant multiple media interviews.
Netanyahu, relentless in his criticism of the government in Iran, on Wednesday gave a background briefing to top US media executives, including the presidents of all major networks, before granting interviews to PBS’s Charlie Rose – who last month interviewed Syrian President Bashar Assad – NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and the Hispanic network Univision.
The decision to speak with Univision is part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to make inroads into the Hispanic community, the fastest growing ethnic group in the US with a population estimated at over 50 million.
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A study published jointly by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Roubini Global Economics supports that theory, claiming that Iran’s government has unencumbered access to only $20 billion in foreign exchange reserves.