Politics
Delegations from 77 countries walk out during Netanyahu's UN address
September 24, 2026 at 07:57 PM · Updated 22d ago
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14 reports · 12 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 6 hours
Delegations from 77 countries walked out of the UN General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his address in New York on September 24.
- Delegations from 77 countries left the General Assembly hall or sat empty as Netanyahu began his speech.
- The Iranian delegation departed before the speech, placing a photo of Qassem Soleimani on its seat.
- Netanyahu called the departing delegates "moral cowards" and invited any remaining ones to leave.
- Netanyahu called Turkish President Erdogan a "tyrant" and accused Qatar of spending billions to smear Israel.
- Netanyahu attacked Iran and Hezbollah, praised President Trump, and held up a pager referencing the device explosions targeting Hezbollah members.
- Netanyahu attacked Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, asserting that the Golan Heights belongs to the Jewish people.
- Netanyahu called New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani an anti-Semite and denounced street protesters as 'phony human rights protesters.'
- Mamdani said Netanyahu's 'lies' will not erase the International Criminal Court arrest warrant, accusing him of covering up genocide in Gaza.
- Netanyahu rejected the genocide accusation against Israel as 'the biggest lie of the century.'
- Netanyahu thanked President Trump for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran's capital, Tehran.
- Hamas condemned Netanyahu's UN address as full of lies, saying it contradicted UN-documented reports on the Gaza war.
- Hamas called allowing Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, to address the UN a 'political sin.'











