Netanyahu quoted Prabowo. Indonesia should be ashamed

At the United Nations General Assembly this week, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivered a speech that many in Jakarta framed as a defense of Palestine. He described the catastrophe in Gaza, used the word “genocide,” and called for Palestinian statehood. Yet almost in the same breath, he added that Palestine’s independence must be accompanied by “guarantees of Israel’s safety and security.” Netanyahu pounced. He singled out Prabowo’s remarks as “full of passion” and “a sign of the future.” For the Israeli prime minister, facing global outrage over his government’s campaign in Gaza, Prabowo’s words were not a rebuke but a gift: an endorsement he could weaponize to show that even the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation now spoke of Israel’s “security.” […]