Last March a global BBC survey revealed that Israel was rated among the least popular countries with only 21% seeing the Jewish state in a positive light. That same month Netanyahu called Angela Merkel to rebuke her for Germany's vote in favor of the Security Council resolution condemning Israel's settlements on the occupied West Bank.
Imagine Bibi's surprise when Angela lectured him for breaking all his promises and that no one of the world's leaders believes a single word he says anymore.
Uri Avnery:
"YES, ISRAEL’S standing in the world is indeed sinking continuously, but not because of a world-wide plot uniting 'anti-Semites' and 'Self-hating Jews'.
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We are sinking, because we are on the wrong side of history.
"Israel has maintained for decades a regime of occupation.
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It continues to control and humiliate another people. Ideologically and practically, it lives in the mental world of the 19th century, while the rest of the world is starting to live in the 21st.
Israeli policy is simply anachronistic.
"The 21st century will see the sight of nations coming together. It will see the beginning of a world order, and I have no doubt that this idea will be realized."
Uri Avnery: The Wrong Side of History