The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again

The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again Jonathan Cook on Tue, 09/29/2026 - 14:28 Trump, nosediving in the polls and bristling over a disastrous war on Iran, needs a scapegoat – and the Israeli prime minister best fits the bill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks away after addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US on 24 September 2026 (Reuters) On Benjamin Netanyahu’s whirlwind visit to the United States last week to address the United Nations General Assembly was further evidence that the Israeli prime minister is now a universal pariah. He is being abandoned even by his closest allies. It was perhaps not surprising that 77 nations, including a handful of European states, walked out of the chamber in protest that a wanted war crimes suspect - a fugitive from the International Criminal Court (ICC) - was being given a platform to speak on the world’s largest stage. Far more notable was what happened - or rather, didn’t - away from the podium. Netanyahu spent just eight hours in the US before heading back to Israel. It is hard to believe that that was his choice.  He was denied his usual moment in the sun with Donald Trump at the White House, and could not even secure a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There was no invitation to address the US Congress, and with it familiar scenes of legislators rapturously celebrating his anti-Palestinian incitement.  Israel's former ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, told Reuters: "I don't recall a time when the prime minister came to the United States and didn't meet with the president.”  The shunning of Netanyahu stood in stark contrast to the reception of Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader was personally greeted at the airport by Trump with a red carpet and military flyover. Warnings ignored Netanyahu’s UN visit was exploi