Andy Wertheim, MBA

You were duped. Again. We all saw the “massive” walkout from the UN general assembly. It seemed like Bibi was talking to en empty room. Some journalists even reported that. Even some Israeli journalists made that claim. Guess what. The media lied to you. Shocked? Here are the facts. The footage is real. As Netanyahu walked up to speak, dozens of diplomats got up and left. It looks like most of the world refused to listen to him. Some even called it proof that Israel is now a pariah state. And now, reality. More than 120 countries stayed. That's nearly two-thirds of the world. All five veto powers stayed: the U.S., China, Britain and France. So did most of Europe. Even Ireland, one of Israel's toughest critics remained. So who walked out? And why does it look like so many? Each country gets six seats in this hall, so when one delegation walks out, several people stand up and walk. And the Palestinian mission had asked countries to bring as many staff as possible and walk out together. That can make a walkout bigger than the number of countries behind it. In Europe, Spain was the only major country to leave its seat empty. In Latin America, Brazil walked out. South Africa's seats were empty too. The rest were mostly small Caribbean island nations, which skip most speeches anyway. Even in the Muslim world, at least two countries, UAE and Bahrain, stayed. The walkout was real, but most of the world stayed in the room. Just thought you’d wanna know the truth.