Netanyahu calls the genocide accusation "the biggest lie of the century" at the UN, before a half-empty hall

South Africa

3 SOURCES

Judicial and Diplomatic Interpretation · 6 of 32 countries

Pretoria is gauging Netanyahu's speech against the backdrop of international judicial proceedings already underway against Israel, ranging from a genocide complaint before the International Court of Justice to an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.

Germany

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Berlin is measuring the diplomatic isolation of Netanyahou after a room deserted by dozens of delegations and frontal attacks against London and Paris on colonialism.

Argentina

5 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Buenos Aires is showing, through Javier Milei, unconditional support for Netanyahu just hours after his contentious speech at the UN, positioning itself as Israel's sole claimed Latin American ally.

Australia

4 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Canberra sees Netanyahu's speech at the UN as an electoral calculation ahead of the October 27 vote in Israel, rather than as a response to the genocide accusation.

Bangladesh

2 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Dhaka is deciphering an offensive speech that is emptying the General Assembly more than it is uniting, with attacks against Doha, Ankara, London, and Paris, and Israel's growing diplomatic isolation ahead of the October legislative elections.

Belgium

2 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Brussels is deciphering a speech that is as much electoral as it is diplomatic: Netanyahu, in the midst of a difficult re-election campaign, is transforming the UN podium into an indictment against his critics and a demonstration of firmness against Iran.

Brazil

3 SOURCES

National Reactions to the Speech · 5 of 32 countries

Brasília is stepping up its diplomatic pressure on Nétanyahou, tightening its withdrawal from the UN General Assembly to convey a stronger condemnation than in 2024, two days after Lula's accusation of genocide from the same platform.

Canada

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Ottawa interprets Benyamin Netanyahu's speech at the UN as an exercise in Israeli domestic politics as much as a diplomacy of the rostrum, tied to the dispute with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the upcoming elections in five weeks.

Chile

2 SOURCES

Judicial and Diplomatic Interpretation · 6 of 32 countries

Santiago is confronting Netanyahu's speech with the ICC arrest warrant and the images of Gaza relayed by a pro-Palestinian center based in Chile, while La Tercera separately covers a warm meeting with Javier Milei.

Spain

3 SOURCES

National Reactions to the Speech · 5 of 32 countries

Madrid is particularly mindful of its own stance in response to Netanyahou's speech: empty seats at the UN, a Pedro Sánchez already at Harvard, and an international arrest warrant that remains unenforced despite the appeal from the mayor of New York.

United States

5 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

The United States is more focused on the New York spat initiated by Netanyahu against Mayor Zohran Mamdani than on the diplomatic content of his UN speech.

Finland

2 SOURCES

Judicial and Diplomatic Interpretation · 6 of 32 countries

Helsinki counters Netanyahu's "biggest lie of the century" with the findings of the UN's own independent commission, which in June reaffirmed the ongoing genocide in Gaza, an accusation the International Court of Justice has yet to rule on.

France

incl. 1 state outlet

7 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

France is facing a direct attack from Benyamin Netanyahu, who accuses it of having invented the colonialism it reproaches him for, in a speech to the UN where Paris primarily notes the named criticism of Emmanuel Macron ahead of the Israeli legislative elections.

Hungary

4 SOURCES

Judicial and Diplomatic Interpretation · 6 of 32 countries

Budapest took away from Netanyahu's speech the defense of Israel as collective protection for the countries absent from the room, more than the judicial controversy over the genocide.

India

2 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

New Delhi views Netanyahu's UN speech in the context of the tight electoral calendar he is currently navigating at home, just five weeks ahead of the October 27 legislative elections.

Iceland

2 SOURCES

National Reactions to the Speech · 5 of 32 countries

Reykjavik stands out for its inaction: the Icelandic representative remained seated at the UN General Assembly while dozens of delegations left the room as Benyamin Netanyahu took the floor, a choice that the government has not publicly explained so far.

Israel

4 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Israel sees in Netanyahu's UN speech an election campaign opener as much as a response to the world, with its press divided between praise for the performance and accusations of "electoralism", a month ahead of the October 27 legislative elections.

Italy

4 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Rome is dissecting a scathing speech in which Netanyahu took aim at France, the United Kingdom, Qatar, Turkey, and the mayor of New York, in front of a nearly empty room at the UN, as dozens of delegations had walked out.

Malaysia

2 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Kuala Lumpur sees Netanyahu's speech as a domestic political maneuver ahead of tight Israeli elections, where the attack on New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is mainly targeting the national electorate.

Mexico

2 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Mexico City sees Netanyahu's speech as an operation of domestic politics tied to the October 27 legislative elections, targeting Mamdani as much as Israeli public opinion, rather than a simple diplomatic dispute.

Nigeria

4 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Abuja retains the image of an almost empty hemicycle and a Netanyahu labeling the departed delegates as "moral cowards", more than the substance of the genocide accusation that he rejects as "the greatest lie of the century".

Norway

2 SOURCES

National Reactions to the Speech · 5 of 32 countries

Oslo is dissociating the protocol attitude of its delegation, which remained seated and unmoved in the hemicycle, from the firm condemnation later pronounced by its Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

Pakistan

4 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Islamabad sees Netanyahu's lightning visit to New York as an election campaign speech, a month before the Israeli legislative elections, contested from within the host city itself by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Peru

2 SOURCES

Judicial and Diplomatic Interpretation · 6 of 32 countries

Lima is dissecting the diplomatic void left by Netanyahu at the UN, between the ICC arrest warrant and New York streets mobilized against his presence.

Poland

2 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Warsaw deciphers an offensive speech where Netanyahu empties the UN hall to better designate his targets, from Qatar to Turkey, including the mayor of New York.

Portugal

3 SOURCES

Factual Coverage of Multiple Targets · 9 of 32 countries

Lisbon outlines the empty room at the UN and the Turkish retort more than the substance of the genocide accusation against Israel.

Qatar

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Response from Targeted Countries · 2 of 32 countries

Doha categorically rejects Netanyahu's accusation that Qatar is funding a campaign of "lies" against Israel, seeing it as an attempt to find a scapegoat.

Romania

3 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Bucharest sees Netanyahu's speech at the UN as an election campaign exercise, more aimed at mobilizing the Israeli electorate than convincing a partially deserted General Assembly.

United Kingdom

3 SOURCES

Judicial and Diplomatic Interpretation · 6 of 32 countries

London takes note of being explicitly targeted by Netanyahou, who ridiculed "people in Great Britain and France" as inventors of the term colonialism, in a speech that the British press immediately puts in the shadow of the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court that targets him.

Singapore

2 SOURCES

Domestic Electoral Interpretation · 10 of 32 countries

Singapore sees Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the UN as a campaign address aimed more at Israeli public opinion than at the General Assembly, just five weeks before tight elections on October 27.

Sweden

4 SOURCES

National Reactions to the Speech · 5 of 32 countries

Sweden is first focusing on the procedure: according to Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, speaking at the UN this Thursday, each country should be able to speak before the General Assembly, regardless of the number of delegations that left the room during Benjamin Netanyahu's speech.

Turkey

incl. 1 state outlet

4 SOURCES

Response from Targeted Countries · 2 of 32 countries

Ankara denounces Netanyahou's remarks, who called Erdoğan a "tyrant" in front of a General Assembly deserted by dozens of delegations.