Most countries walk out of UN General Assembly session ahead of Netanyahu speech
Mass walkout is in protest of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza
Most countries walk out of UN General Assembly session during Netanyahu's speech (Photo by Mostafa Bassim)
ISTANBUL
In an extraordinary scene of protest, a majority of state delegations walked out of the UN General Assembly on Friday just before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his address to the body.
◼️ Delegates stage a mass walkout as Netanyahu arrived at the podium to address the UN General Assembly
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Netanyahu started delivering his speech at the 80th session of the assembly at 1300GMT.
The mass walkout was in protest of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians since October 2023, most of them women and children.
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