According to Democracy Now!, dozens of U.N. delegations walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. The broadcast said Netanyahu called critics antisemites, praised President Trump for joining Israel's strikes on Iran, and rejected allegations of genocide in Gaza. The report also said Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addressed the General Assembly by video after the Trump administration denied visas to Palestinian delegates. Separately, the report says more than 100 protesters were arrested in a sit-in outside U.N. headquarters led by Jewish Voice for Peace; it named Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder among those arrested. Democracy Now! is the only source reviewed in this pass, so details are scoped to its reporting.
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