Ahmadinejad's earlier speech was more than just anti-Israeli. It was filled with blatant anti-semitism and holocaust denial. It eventually concluded the only solution to the Jewish problem was to wipe the Jewish state of the map (sound familiar?).
The UN was founded in the aftermath of anti-semitism. Confronting the kind of hatred that was in Ahmadinejad's speech is about a lot more than just supporting Israel. Had Ahmadinejad's speech consisted of genuine and warranted criticism of Israel as a nation it would not have warranted the same reaction.
Instead it was filled with such gems as:
"It is no longer acceptable that a small minority would dominate the politics, economy and culture of major parts of the world by its complicated networks, and establish a new form of slavery, and harm the reputation of other nations, even European nations and the U.S., to attain its racist ambitions," he said."
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