The U.N.'s pariah treatment of Israel in no way reflects the actual state of Israeli's thriving diplomacy, Tamar Sternthal writes in The Washington Examiner as Indian Prime Minister Modi visits Jerusalem and war looms.
Obviously the prime aim of Davies’ reporting on this "much ado about nothing" story was to amplify the statement delegitimizing Israel that was put out by a collection of countries and organizations.
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While Julia Frankel's description of Israel as a "diplomatically isolated nation" does not reflect reality, it does echo Hamas Khaled Mashal's words yesterday at the Al Jazeera Forum: "“We must pursue Israel and entrench the idea that it is an outcast entity that has lost its international legitimacy."
The BBC chose to frame recognition of a democratic country which it acknowledges has a “working political system” and “its own currency” – as well as defined borders – as “controversial.” In contrast, BBC audiences saw no such framing when, in September 2025, the corporation extensively covered the recognition of a Palestinian state (which lacks such features and has not held elections for two decades) by the UK and other countries.
