New York, Sept. 24 -- A confrontation broke out between protesters and counter-protesters near the United Nations General Assembly venue in New York on Wednesday (local time) ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scheduled address at the Assembly.

During the protest, a New Yorker Dovid Feldman criticised Netanyahu's upcoming UNGA address, saying the Israeli Prime Minister did not represent Jews worldwide.

He said the protest was aimed at expressing opposition to the use of religion to justify actions in the ongoing conflict.

Speaking to ANI, Feldman said, "And Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak here, supposedly representing all Jews, supposedly representing myself. And that Netanyahu, who refuses to follow the Jewish...