once again poor ole israel is suffering under worldwide anti semitism. satanyahu aims to solve that for us all; 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly last week sounded more like a speech marking the end of an era than one opening a new chapter. Perhaps behind it was an awareness that this could be the last time he stands on that podium as Israel’s Prime Minister. 

With the approach of Israel’s elections, set for October 27, Netanyahu’s political future has become inseparable from the way he addresses Israelis and the world. Yet his speech appeared directed primarily at his electoral audience at home, with little regard for the international community.

Netanyahu did not come to New York to offer a new political vision, propose a way out of the war, or present a vision for the region’s future. He came above all to defend his standing in Israel and his conduct of the war, while recasting Israel from a state facing growing international criticism into a purported victim confronting a hostile world. The question was thus turned on its head: instead of asking what Israel was doing to Palestinians and to the region, the focus became what the world was doing to Israel..........more...........