Israel’s international support network fractures as pressure mounts
By James M. Dorsey
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Israel ignores at its peril the increasingly bold writing on the wall.
The writing suggests Israel’s US and European diplomatic and military defense shield, a fixture of Israeli defense and foreign policy, and the Jewish state’s existing and potential regional partnerships are fracturing and, in some cases, possibly crumbling.
Driving the rupture is Israel’s war conduct, including its disproportionate bombings of Gaza and Lebanon; its…