David Frum

No, I don't think it's wrong.

There's an Israeli piece and an American piece.

And it is a very difficult balance from an Israeli point of view.

And I speak as a Jew and a supporter of Israel.

It's a very difficult balance for friends of Israel and for Israelis to think, how much of our security should we rest on the opinions of others?

And how much should we rest on our own limited strength?

This goes into history that, never mind the Holocaust, but one of the things that I think every Israeli remembers is when Israel kidnapped Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 and brought him to Israel for trial, that action was condemned by a resolution of the United Nations.

And the Entebbe Raid in 1976, when Israel flew to Uganda and rescued a plane full of hostages who were going to be murdered, the United Nations didn't quite vote to condemn it, but it nearly did.

And so deep in the memory of every Israeli and friend of Israelis, you know, if we – relying on popularity to protect the Jewish people –

Thin reed, but never that popular.

And people will be sorry for us afterwards, but they won't help us before.

So now Israel has to be shrewd about this.

And why?

It's because Israel's strength is limited.

It can't behave in any way it wishes.

And it depends on permission of others and needs support from the United States and its partners in Europe.

So it can't do whatever it wants.

But the idea of chasing likes and clicks, that's not a viable strategy, not for a country that is on the verge of extinction.

That said, the United States has a right of veto over Israeli actions.

It's often exercised it.