A senior Israeli official has revealed that Saudi Arabia, which had backed Israeli positions and stressed the dismantling of Hamas as a core condition, has scaled back its involvement in talks over Gaza's future. At the same time, Israel now finds itself facing a coalition of Turkey, Qatar and Egypt, all of which are working in various ways to keep Hamas politically relevant.

Syria, backed by Turkey and several other Arab states, has launched a broad diplomatic campaign to gain international recognition of its sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Officials in Jerusalem made clear Israel “will not give up a single centimeter of the Golan.”

We should act in concert with the Americans while preserving our independent decision-making power and defending the sacrosanct principle that we can defend ourselves alone.

The ongoing international campaign against Iranian terror denies Iran its deniability, removes its immunity, and exacts heavy prices from it in the international political arena.

Do we have to settle for a system that elects Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iran to lead human rights councils, and that cavalierly disregard slaughters in Syria and Sudan while outrageously branding Israel a war criminal enterprise?