In reality, during Netanyahu’s speech, several delegations from Arab countries, including Lebanon, did leave the hall in protest of his statements. However, there is no confirmation that the Ukrainian delegation was among them. Moreover, Ukraine had previously abstained from voting on a UN resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories.
Social media users are claiming that the Ukrainian delegation at the UN supposedly walked out of the General Assembly as a protest when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium.
At the end of September 2024, the 79th session of the UN General Assembly took place in New York. During the assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech in which he stated that Israel would continue to weaken Hezbollah, urged Hamas to lay down arms to end the war, and warned that if Iran struck Israeli territory, it would surely face a retaliatory strike.
As soon as Netanyahu took the podium, representatives of several countries walked out of the General Assembly hall in protest, and some countries’ delegations were not present at the session at all. However, there is no evidence that the Ukrainian delegation was among those who left. There has been no official expression of disagreement from the Ukrainian delegation regarding Netanyahu’s speech.
On the contrary, Ukraine abstained from voting on a UN resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories. Additionally, ahead of the 79th session, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a phone conversation with his Israeli counterpart, discussing the threats posed by Russian-Iranian cooperation and efforts to prevent the supply of ballistic missiles to terrorist states.
Previously, StopFake debunked a fake claim that Ukrainians in Israel allegedly did not allow Russian comedian Slepakov into a shelter during an attack.
