The photos and videos coming out of Gaza aren’t winning Israel any new friends and are losing it some old ones. From The Cradle News desk at thecradle.co:
US Support for Israel’s horrific bombing campaign in Gaza is waning as more and more officials in Washington demand an end to the fighting
Former prime minister Ehud Barak, during a media interview in Tel Aviv, September 30, 2019. (Photo credit: Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
Former Israeli prime minister and defense ministers leader Ehud Barak “fears Israel has only weeks left to eliminate Hamas,” as international criticism of Israel’s for its horrific bombing campaign in Gaza mounts, Politico reported on 7 November.
Most importantly, support for Israel’s military campaign, which has killed over 10,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children, in just one month, has soured in the US, Israel’s main backer.
In an exclusive interview with Politico, Barak observed the “rhetoric of US officials had shifted in recent days with a mounting chorus of calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting.”
It is widely acknowledged that Israel could not carry out its current war, launched in response to Hamas’ surprise attack on Israeli settlements surrounding Gaza on 7 October, without US help. Barak worries that the initial support for Israel generated in the wake of the Hamas attack is waning, as video of dead Palestinian women and children continues to be live streamed out of Gaza.
“You can see the window is closing. It’s clear we are heading towards friction with the Americans about the offensive. America cannot dictate to Israel what to do. But we cannot ignore them,” Barak said. “We will have to come to terms with the American demands within the next two or three weeks, probably less.”
On 7 November, the Washington Post noted that more and more observers around the world are beginning to view Israel’s bombing of Palestinian civilians as genocide.
