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New York: When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations on Friday, it will be at the helm of a country that is increasingly being treated as a pariah, even by some of its longtime allies.

Western countries are outraged by Israel’s intensifying offensive in the Gaza Strip and several have recognised Palestinian statehood.

The European Union is weighing tariffs and sanctions. Democratic voters in the United States have expressed disgust in polls, and small cracks are showing in Republican support. The prospect of sports and cultural boycotts is growing, and Israeli tourists have been made to feel unwelcome in some countries.

Even Netanyahu’s flight to New York on Thursday was fraught. An unplanned landing in Europe could have exposed h

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