Netanyahu’s fiery UNGA speech sparks mass walkout: Which countries were absent?
Dozens of envoys from across the world walked out, some jeering and booing, while Netanyahu's own team stood and applauded, and the speaker of the session shouted for order. The walkout was lead by the Palestinian Mission to the UN.
Netanyahu's impassioned speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday drew a mass walkout, leaving many countries' representatives absent. While no official list was provided, reports indicated that dozens of nations, including Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Iran, and several others, walked out in protest.
The walkout was led by the Palestinian Mission to the UN, who called on member states to leave the chamber in response to Netanyahu's criticisms. Netanyahu, facing a tough reelection campaign at home and a tight race for power in the October 27th elections, defended his stance against international criticism, dismissing the allegations of genocide as "the biggest lie of the century" and denouncing his opponents as "moral cowards."
The International Criminal Court (ICC) had previously found reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu was responsible for war crimes in Gaza, but he denies these claims.
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