Jews Don’t owe a Hostile World any Apologies

By defying an antisemitic United Nations, Netanyahu wasn’t harming Israel or endangering Jews. No matter what you think about him, in that moment, he stood up for the truth.

The images coming from the U.N. General Assembly on the morning of Sept. 26 told us all we needed to know about the current state of world opinion. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the podium to speak, many of the delegates joined a walkout designed to demonstrate the Jewish state’s isolation on the international stage.

Israeli officials claimed only 77 out of the 199 member states boycotted the opening of the morning session of UNGA, where Netanyahu was the first scheduled speaker, or left once he started to speak. They also noted that some may not have bothered to be there for the start of another long day of U.N. speechifying, which is part of the annual festival of bloviating in which all member states have the right to give an address.

Empty seats at the UNGA