Frenetic Day at U.N.: Sarkozy Warns Iran; Ahmadinejad Fuels Walkout

A day longtime U.N. observers are calling one of the most frenzied in history ended on Wednesday with a mass walk-out of delegates when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke; a filibuster by Libyan strongman Muammar Ghaddafi; and a speech by President Obama that left some supporters of Israel angry. While Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praised Obama for “his unequivocal support of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people,” other Israelis riled at the absolute condemnation of post-1967 communities as a step backwards, believing that a rough understanding that there would be border corrections in the final agreement was an accepted working principle on both sides. Much to his dismay, Ghaddafi’s 100-minute marathon knocked British Prime Minister Gordon Brown out of prime time. French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy warned Iran that it would be a mistake to believe the international community will sit passively by and allow it to develop nuclear weapons. A meeting of nations that contribute to the Palestinian Authority picked up $400 million in new pledges of support for the Palestinian people.