Delegates leave UN General Assembly during Netanyahu speech
Dozens of delegates, including representatives of Saudi Arabia and Iran, walked out of the 81st United Nations General Assembly during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address. The reported departures followed remarks in which Netanyahu attacked Mamdani, though the supplied material gives no further detail about the speech.
Dozens of delegates walked out of the 81st United Nations General Assembly during a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Punch Nigeria reported. The departing representatives included delegates from Saudi Arabia and Iran. The source material does not identify all the countries involved or specify the precise timing of each departure.
The walkout took place while Netanyahu was addressing the assembly. Punch Nigeria’s headline says the Israeli prime minister attacked Mamdani during the speech, but the supplied material does not provide the remarks or explain whom he was referring to. The report describes the action as a response by delegates attending the General Assembly, but gives no statement from the Israeli government, Saudi Arabia, Iran or other participating delegations.
No further information is supplied about the wider reaction to the walkout, the subjects discussed in Netanyahu’s address or whether the delegates later returned to the chamber.
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