PM heads to UN from region in turmoil, with a US president 'failing to put Israel at ease' 
"Israeli official tells The Times of Israel: Obama doesn’t give us the same sense Clinton did that he’ll be there if things go bad"

Ahmadinejad is expected to speak before the assembled delegates Wednesday morning. The Israeli delegation and Jewish diplomats from other countries are expected to be absent, as the day falls on the sacred Jewish fast of Yom Kippur.

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In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated".