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Netanyahu Triggers UN Walkout Over “Moral Cowards” Comment

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC · How we work

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked a walkout at the United Nations General Assembly, calling departing diplomats “moral cowards.”
Netanyahu defended Israel’s military strikes and called the walkout hypocritical toward Iran.
U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Israeli officials protested President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Hamas.
German authorities indicted seven alleged Hamas operatives for stockpiling rifles and handguns.
Prosecutors said the plot targeted Israeli figures in Berlin and Vienna around October 7.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked a walkout at the United Nations General Assembly, calling departing diplomats “moral cowards.”
Netanyahu defended Israel’s military strikes and called the walkout hypocritical toward Iran.
U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Israeli officials protested President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Hamas.
German authorities indicted seven alleged Hamas operatives for stockpiling rifles and handguns.
Prosecutors said the plot targeted Israeli figures in Berlin and Vienna around October 7.