Benjamin Netanyahu’s behaviour towards the United Nations is becoming increasingly belligerent and intolerable. While many Israelis realise how dangerous this is to Israel’s own interests, most, it seems, do not – or not yet. Israel needs the UN; indeed, in the long run the support of the UN is its best hope of achieving peace and security. Israel as a pariah nation, totally isolated and friendless, would be insecure and precarious, and forced to live in a permanent state of war. If the United States were to withdraw its support, its very existence would be threatened. And public opinion in the US is volatile and unreliable.
17 October 2024, The Tablet
Israel needs the United Nations
If the United States were to withdraw its support, Israel’s very existence would be threatened.
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