Diplomats did not want to dignify Netanyahu’s defense of the indefensible — the horror inflicted by Israel in Gaza. The brutality of the Hamas attack — in which many Israeli children were also killed had the world grieving for Israel in 2023. The UN Commission of Inquiry has finally said what much of the world already knows: “Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip,” declared chair Navi Pillay. The UN walkout made clear what Netanyahu refuses to see: the tide has turned. Netanyahu himself admitted that Israel faces “a kind of isolation” that could last for years.