When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes his speech to the United Nations General Assembly at the end of the week in New York, he will be facing a much tougher audience than he experienced when addressing the Houses of Congress in Washington on his last trip to the United States.
At the United Nations, there will be no standing ovations for hoary clichés concerning a united Jerusalem or Israel’s determined desire for peace (once, of course, certain conditions impossible for the Palestinians to accept, such as recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, are met). On Friday, the glib phrases and patriotic pathos that normally bring the audience around to Netanyahu’s side will most likely fall on skeptical, if not hostile ears.
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