A chasm is now opening up between leaders and their populations
Gaza is being razed, its population denied water, food and essentials. There is growing revulsion against the collective punishment,
Israel’s retaliatory bombs have killed around 4,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Gaza is being razed, its population denied water, food and essentials. There is growing revulsion against the collective punishment, some of it being expressed by previous loyalists. On BBC Radio 4’sprogramme, Tom Nides, former US ambassador to Israel, repeatedly made a distinction between Hamas and the Palestinian people.
Earlier this month, Keir Starmer was asked by Nick Ferrari on LBC if “cutting off power, cutting off water” was an appropriate response to the events of 7 October. He replied: “I think that Israel does have that right.” Currently, citizens across the globe are standing up for Palestinian rights. Protests are erupting across the Arab world. Leaders of Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt, which had “normalised” relationships with Israel, are becoming wary.
Europeans became the good guys and Arabs antisemitic devils. Brian, a university lecturer, who has worked in the Palestinian territories, told me he had come across a few real Jew-haters but that the majority wanted friendly neighbours, a good life and peace. An Israeli woman said the same was true of her people. Some abhorred all Palestinians, the rest wanted friendly neighbours, a good life and peace.
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