Netanyahu Accuses U.N. Delegates of “Mind-Blowing Hypocrisy” for Protesting His Speech
More than 100 delegates left the hall as he defended Israel’s wars in Gaza and Iran and attacked critics, including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- On Thursday, more than 100 U.N. delegates walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly, where he defended Israel's military response to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack as the "darkest day in Israel's history."
- During the address, Netanyahu recounted the 1976 death of his brother, Yonatan, during Operation Entebbe while alleging that under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, "many Jews no longer feel safe in New York."
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the assembly virtually, condemning Israel's continued strikes in Gaza as "a genocidal war that has created an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe" and accusing the United States of denying his delegation visas.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if certain conditions are met, stating Iran awaits a response from the United States on the proposal.
- Separately, Danish intelligence warned on Thursday of a "low but growing risk" of limited Russian military attacks against NATO members, citing potential strikes on vital infrastructure or false-flag operations in coming months.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a speech at the UN General Assembly that an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities was “the easiest decision.” Dozens of people, including delegations from Iran and Saudi Arabia, walked out of the meeting hall in protest of his speech. According to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press on the 24th (local time), Netanyahu
Delegations left the UN during Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech. The Israeli leader rejected accusations about Gaza and defended its action.
The Spanish delegation participated in the boycott by dozens of UN members of the speech to the General Assembly of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, in the most turbulent episode so far of the great annual conclave of the international community.Netanyahu entered the huge exit that welcomes the plenary of the General Assembly in a mixture of applause and booing, in which the latter dominated.At the same time, dozens of delegatio…
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium at the 81st UN General Assembly, delegations from dozens of countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Palestine, staged a mass walkout. On the 24th (local time), at the UN General Assembly held at the UN headquarters in New York, a situation unfolded in which delegations from various countries staged a mass walkout as Prime Minister Netanyahu ascended the podium to d…
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