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Delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses UN
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Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
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The Israeli leader labels those who left his speech at the UN General Assembly as "moral cowards".
Representatives from numerous countries stood and left the hall as Netanyahu spoke, and chants could be heard inside the chamber.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech to a half-empty chamber at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, after dozens of delegations walked out in protest at the start of his address. Netanyahu assailed his critics as “antisemites” and lavished praise on President Trump for…