Correction: Another loss for Bibi?

Yesterday, I awarded the prize for longest running speech in this U.N. General Assembly session to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I’m afraid I have to take it back. The U.N. webcast site clocked Netanyahu’s speech in at 48 minutes, 30 seconds. However, Netanyahu only spoke for about 39 minutes, still more than double the ...

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Yesterday, I awarded the prize for longest running speech in this U.N. General Assembly session to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I'm afraid I have to take it back. The U.N. webcast site clocked Netanyahu's speech in at 48 minutes, 30 seconds. However, Netanyahu only spoke for about 39 minutes, still more than double the allotted time, but not enough for the grand prize, which now goes to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who spoke for 41 minutes and 11 seconds. Turtle Bay regrets the error.

Yesterday, I awarded the prize for longest running speech in this U.N. General Assembly session to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I’m afraid I have to take it back. The U.N. webcast site clocked Netanyahu’s speech in at 48 minutes, 30 seconds. However, Netanyahu only spoke for about 39 minutes, still more than double the allotted time, but not enough for the grand prize, which now goes to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who spoke for 41 minutes and 11 seconds. Turtle Bay regrets the error.

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Colum Lynch was a staff writer at Foreign Policy between 2010 and 2022. Twitter: @columlynch

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