Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did us proud when he addressed the UN General Assembly this week. True to form, he again employed his extraordinary communication skills to superbly present the case for Israel.

He was focused, factual, logical and persuasive as he implored the US administration and world leaders not to be deluded by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s charm campaign.

He interspersed his address with sensitive Jewish historical and biblical references – citing the Maccabees, the prophets, Jewish powerlessness and pogroms and the determination of Jews to live in their own land. As a Jew and as an Israeli, I was proud to be represented by a leader presenting our case with such dignity and eloquence.

Netanyahu neutralized the critics who accused him of opposing or “spoiling” diplomatic efforts. But he warned of the dangers of letting the duplicitous Iranians off the hook unless they genuinely abandoned their nuclear ambitions.

He declared that the fate of the Jewish state would not replicate that of Czechoslovakia in 1938. In his words, Israel would “never acquiesce to nuclear arms in the hands of a rogue regime that repeatedly promises to wipe us off the map. Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” His speech may well prove as prophetic as Churchill’s warnings about the Nazis.

Unfortunately, but not surprisingly – other than to Israelis, Diaspora Jews and our close friends – Netanyahu’s words appear to have fallen on deaf ears. The applause at the conclusion of his address was noticeably muted, a predictable response from an international body which only hours after Netanyahu’s speech elected Iran as rapporteur for its Disarmament and International Security Committee.