Dozens of delegates walk out of UN hall at start of Netanyahu speech

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Dozens of delegates walked out of the United Nations General Assembly hall during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech, which he began by calling detractors 'moral cowards.' The event took place at the UN headquarters in New York.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Dozens of delegates at the United Nations walked out of the hall when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech to the General Assembly meeting of world leaders on Thursday. Describing them as "moral cowards," he asked for anybody else who felt that way to leave before he began to talk. (Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Howard Goller)