Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- Three years after October 7, Israel still has powerful friends and formidable military reach. What it no longer has is the diplomatic room it once enjoyed. The empty seats during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly last month were one glaring sign. Delegations from Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh joined scores of others in walking out.

Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised Palestine last year, joining a large majority of UN member states. Britain, France and Canada have since moved against trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel responded by ordering Britain's East Jerusalem consulate closed, while an intervention by London'...