These “Surreal” Photos of Netanyahu’s UN “Pop Quiz” Are Going Viral

When Israeli Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu took the stage at the Unit­ed Nations on Sep­tem­ber 26, no one was ready for what came next: a lit­er­al pop quiz.

Yes. A pop quiz. At the UN Gen­er­al Assem­bly.

📸 Pho­tos show Netanyahu hold­ing up giant poster boards with mul­ti­ple-choice ques­tions like a teacher catch­ing a bored class­room off-guard — except the “class” was made up of world lead­ers.

And the inter­net is los­ing it. One viral tweet summed it up: “I lit­er­al­ly thought those were edit­ed.”

The Vibes Outside vs. Inside

Before Netanyahu even walked into the UN, ten­sions were already sky-high.

🚨 Pro­test­ers out­side his hotel car­ried signs accus­ing him of war crimes.
🚨 Pro-Pales­tin­ian and pro-Israeli demon­stra­tors faced off across the street.
🚨 Calls for a cease­fire and recog­ni­tion of a Pales­tin­ian state grew loud­er world­wide.

Inside the UN? Not much calmer. The Guardian report­ed that over 100 diplo­mats from 50+ coun­tries lit­er­al­ly got up and walked out dur­ing his speech. 👋

Pho­tos show rows of emp­ty seats, and the con­trast with the huge crowds protest­ing out­side could not have been stark­er.

The “Pop Quiz” Moment

Here’s what the PM’s props looked like:

📝 Poster 1: “Who has mur­dered Amer­i­cans and Euro­peans in cold blood?”
Options: Al Qae­da, Hamas, Hezbol­lah, Iran, All of the above.

📝 Poster 2: “Who shouts ‘Death to Amer­i­ca’?”
Options: Iran, Hamas, Hezbol­lah, The Houthis, All of the above.

Cue the col­lec­tive inter­net gasp.

Internet Reactions = Chef’s Kiss

Peo­ple couldn’t decide whether to laugh, cringe, or cry:

• “A pop quiz at the UN feels sur­re­al. Do you think humor in diplo­ma­cy opens doors or clos­es them?” — @Jenni_Claire
• “Pol­i­tics are just a joke rn what the actu­al fuck.” — @rice
• And of course: “I lit­er­al­ly thought these were edit­ed.” — @DamianArango14

Basi­cal­ly: every­one had the same reac­tion of wait… is this real life?

The Bigger Picture

Netanyahu’s goal was crys­tal clear: paint Hamas, Hezbol­lah, Iran, and their allies as one uni­fied threat not just to Israel, but to the West. But whether the props actu­al­ly helped his case — or just made the inter­net meme him into obliv­ion — is still up for debate.

One thing’s cer­tain though: between the mass walk­outs, the protests out­side, and the viral “quiz pics,” this UN speech is going down as one of the most sur­re­al polit­i­cal moments of 2025.