OPINION:
The central idea of modern international diplomacy — that leaders of nations must listen to one another — died at the United Nations on Friday as over 100 diplomats from more than 50 countries left the floor just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was about to begin his address (“At U.N., amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel ‘must finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza,” Web, Sept. 26).
As the second anniversary of the Hamas terrorist invasion of Israel approaches on Oct. 7, it has become all the more clear that as an organization, the U.N. has lost its moral compass. If this many of its bureaucrats are either unable or unwilling to see the difference between a democracy fighting to rescue hostages and defend civilians and a terrorist enemy that commits mass rapes, murders and kidnappings, then perhaps reform is no longer possible — and the entire institution should be rethought.
MOSHE PHILLIPS
National chairman, Americans For A Safe Israel
New York, New York
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