 During a General Assembly meeting on 23 September 1969, Awadalla warned that the United States's decision of supporting Israel during the Arab-Israel conflict could provoke the use of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.After 1972 Awadalla moved to Egypt, and later Dublin, Ireland, where he was reported to be living in May 2017.Awadalla died on 17 January 2019, at the age of 101 of natural causes.