In New York the chairs sat empty, but the message rang out clear. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rose to address the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, representatives from dozens of nations rose too, only to walk straight out the door, leaving a chamber that emptied fast and filled instead with silence where applause once lived. Blocks away, thousands of demonstrators pressed against police barricades outside UN headquarters in Manhattan, their chants rattling the glass towers as officers hauled more than 100 people away in handcuffs. Something has shifted. The old choreography of quiet diplomatic disapproval, careful…

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