Nearly 70 Countries Walk Out as Netanyahu Begins UN Address
Netanyahu rejected genocide allegations and said Israel’s military operations are necessary for its survival as delegates from at least 77 countries walked out.
- On Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israeli military campaigns and rejected genocide accusations at the General Assembly, prompting delegates from at least 77 countries to walk out.
- Netanyahu defended operations as necessary for Israel's survival while dismissing Gaza war allegations as disinformation, and he criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- Most delegates departing represented Arab and non-Arab African countries, including Chile, Slovenia, and Colombia, which recently restored diplomatic ties with Israel; some American representatives remained and applauded.
- Responding to departures, Netanyahu called delegates "moral cowards," while Qatari Deputy Ambassador Hamad Al-Muftah criticized the "half-empty room," saying it "says plenty about the support for this message."
- Reactions split sharply: Channel 14 commentator Shimon Riklin called the speech "excellent and important," while Turkish presidency communications director Burhanettin Duran deemed Netanyahu's remarks "incompatible" with UN ideals of peace, law and dialogue.
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On the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša also met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two welcomed the normalization of relations between the two countries and advocated for their further upgrading on the basis of concrete projects. In their talks, they paid special attention to science, research, artificial intelligence and advanced technologies, economic […
Prime Minister Janez Janša met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. They welcomed the normalization of relations between the two countries and advocated for their further upgrading.
Prime Minister Janez Janša also met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. They discussed further upgrading relations between the two countries.
On the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister Janša met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, with whom he welcomed the normalization of relations between the two countries and advocated for their further upgrading with concrete projects, the Prime Minister's Office announced.
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