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UN delegates walk out as Netanyahu attacks Israel's critics

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  • Scores of UN delegates have once again walked out on Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepared to give a table-thumping speech in which he lavished praise on US President Donald Trump and attacked Israel's critics.
  • Mr Netanyahu is the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
  • While Israel retains strong support from the US Mr Netanyahu and Mr Trump have had a string of disagreements since launching joint attacks on Iran in February.
  • Mr Netanyahu delivered his speech just a few hours after a video address from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was played to the assembly.

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While Israel retains strong support from the US Mr Netanyahu and Mr Trump have had a string of disagreements since launching joint attacks on Iran in February. In his speech, Mr Netanyahu predicted the Iranian population would eventually topple the government.

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Scores of UN delegates have once again walked out on Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepared to give a table-thumping speech in which he lavished praise on US President Donald Trump and attacked Israel's critics.

The Israeli prime minister used the address to decry accusations of genocide — from a UN-backed inquiry, human rights groups, genocide scholars and world leaders at this week's UN summit — as the "greatest lie of the century".

Mr Netanyahu is the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

European leaders recently sanctioned Israeli settlements after a rise in settler violence in the West Bank.

While Israel retains strong support from the US Mr Netanyahu and Mr Trump have had a string of disagreements since launching joint attacks on Iran in February.

In his speech, Mr Netanyahu predicted the Iranian population would eventually topple the government, despite no evidence of any coming uprising in the seven months since the start of the war.

Mr Netanyahu delivered his speech just a few hours after a video address from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was played to the assembly.

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  • ABC News UN delegates walk out as Netanyahu attacks Israel's critics plain
  • The West Australian Dozens of delegates walk out during Netanyahu UN speech plain
  • Brisbane Times Delegates walk out as Netanyahu enters UN General Assembly plain
  • The West Australian Dozens walk out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses UN plain

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ABC Newsas they published this story 14.8 7 57 -0.5 5.5
Mundane Readneutralized from ABC News 10.8 5 57 -0.5 5.5

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