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Seventy-seven nations walk out during Netanyahu's UN address
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium at the UN General Assembly on September 24 to address the world, but found much of it absent. Shehab Wire reported that seventy-seven countries left their seats during his speech, leaving him to speak to largely empty benches.
The walkout marked a rare show of diplomatic isolation at the General Assembly podium, according to the news agency.
