This Feb. 26, 2026 Op-Ed by CAMERA’s Tamar Sternthal appeared in The Washington Examiner.
Israel is “diplomatically isolated,” a Feb. 5 Associated Press news story ventured, framing its Olympic bobsledding team as “unlikely ambassadors” in a lonely diplomatic desert.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jerusalem Feb. 25, 2026 (Photo by Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
At the United Nations, where Israel is treated like an international pariah and condemnation flows like Iranian oil, the outlet’s description of the Jewish state as “diplomatically isolated” deeply resonates.
But outside hallowed U.N. institutions, that characterization rings hollow.
Against the backdrop of looming war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Feb. 25 Jerusalem visit as a step towards Israel’s creation of a “hexagon of alliances — around or within the Middle East.”
Read the rest of Tamar Sternthal’s Op-Ed in The Washington Examiner.