International institutions, hostile movements, demographic changes and digital manipulation have created an environment where Israel’s battlefield victories in the war on terror translate into diplomatic defeats in the war for public opinion.
This week at the U.N. General Assembly, more than a dozen countries, led by France, are preparing to recognize a Palestinian state less than two years after the Palestinians carried out the worst massacre of Jews in modern history on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinian statehood would represent the ultimate reward for the most horrific terrorism, the very antithesis of the land for peace formula.
How could this happen as Israel fights a bitter war against Hamas and Iranian terror proxies on seven fronts, and with Israel’s greatest diplomat, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the helm?
Early diplomatic successes