China once championed the anticolonial struggle and was quick to back the Palestinian cause. Today, despite rhetorical support and diplomatic gestures, it’s reluctant to bring its weight to bear on Israel. →

The Arab states will not come to Gaza’s aid. None of them has launched any significant diplomatic initiative to prevent the reoccupation of the enclave or to end the Israeli bombardment it has endured for nearly two years. Despite the dreadful human toll — 70,000 dead, 70% of them women and children, according to some estimates — and a famine reminiscent of the worst medieval sieges, not a single capital across the Arab world is demanding sanctions against Tel Aviv or threatening its Western partners with retaliation for their unwavering support of Binyamin Netanyahu and his government (…) →

After a landslide election win, Labour’s ratings have slumped. Austerity budgets and Thatcherite economics have many voters turning to Reform UK, the anti-immigrant party leading the polls. →

Binyamin Netanyahu asserts that his country is fighting a ‘shared war’ in defence of Western values. In France, as elsewhere, it’s a message that has found powerful advocates. →