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Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside UN headquarters in New York on Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 81st General Assembly, demanding an immediate halt to western arms transfers to Tel Aviv. teleSUR
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00:00Hundreds of demonstrators lied outside UN headquarters in New York on Thursday
00:03as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 81st General Assembly,
00:08demanding an immediate halt to Western arms transfers to Tel Aviv.
00:12Organizers with Jewish Voice for Peace reported over 100 arrests at security forces cracked down
00:19on anti-war activists protesting U.S. military aid to the Israeli regime.
00:24Demonstrators timed the mobilization to directly challenge Netanyahu's address,
00:28calling for an absolute embargo on military assistance following expanded regional aggression across the Middle East.
00:35The street demonstration metered widespread isolation inside the UN,
00:40where numerous global south and international delegations staged a mass walkout as Netanyahu took the stage.

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