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Netanyahu's 40-Minute UN Dominance: Waving Pager, Taunting Hezbollah, Calling Diplomats 'Cowards'.
- •Benjamin Netanyahu stunned the UN General Assembly by waving a pager during his speech, referencing the September 2024 pager explosions against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- •As Netanyahu's speech began, diplomats from dozens of countries walked out, prompting him to call them "moral cowards" and challenge others to leave.
- •He described Israel's fight as a war on seven fronts, including Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Iran, and other militias.
- •Netanyahu dismissed genocide accusations in Gaza as the "biggest lie of the century" and remained at the podium for 40 minutes despite protests.
- •He praised US President Donald Trump and asserted that Israel defends not only itself but also the countries whose representatives walked out.
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During his UN General Assembly address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu picked up a pager and waved it in the air, referencing the September 2024 simultaneous pager explosions against Hezbollah in Lebanon to highlight Israel's military capability and taunt his opponents.
As diplomats and delegates from numerous countries walked out of the hall in protest as his speech began, Netanyahu sharply taunted them by calling those who left "moral cowards" and defiantly telling any remaining critics that they should also leave.
Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel's military engagement as an ongoing war across seven fronts, specifically mentioning Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iran, militias in Iraq and Syria, and Palestinian fighters in the West Bank.
