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US: Colombia walks out of UN General Assembly during Netanyahu speech

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SHOTLIST: NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 26, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “CANCILLERIA COLOMBIA” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY) 1. COLOMBIAN DELEGATION MEMBERS WALKING OUT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL AHEAD OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETAHYAHU'S SPEECHNEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 26, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “CANCILLERIA COLOMBIA” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In an extraordinary scene of protest, a majority of state delegations walked out of the UN General Assembly on Friday just before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his address to the body. The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a video showing diplomats leaving the hall as Netanyahu took to the stage. “We cannot legitimize with our presence a speech that justifies war and occupation. This is an act of dignity in the face of systematic violations of international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people. Colombia will not be complicit through silence. We stand on the side of peace, the self-determination of peoples, and global justice," the ministry said in a statement. Netanyahu started delivering his speech at the 80th session of the assembly at 1300GMT. The mass walkout was in protest of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians since October 2023, most of them women and children.

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