Danny Danon, Israel’s United Nations ambassador, is exactly what Israel needs at the zoo of the UN and the Middle East — a tough, proud, Jewish street fighter (“Israel’s UN Ambassador: A Contradiction In Terms,” Feb. 12, Editor’s column).
Gary Rosenblatt would like the UN to behave with Marquess of Queensberry rules and for the Palestinians to compromise for a two-state solution, ignoring the real world that the Israelis understand so well. So, out of tough love, he naively joins the choir of American Jews who attack Danon and Prime Minister Netanyahu, adding their voices to BDS and delighting Israel’s enemies.
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