Israel, especially under the hardline nationalist government of Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun to overreact almost systematically to the perceptible erosion of international support for its irredentist claims on the West Bank. Barack Obama’s statement in June, saying the US did not recognise the legitimacy of the Jewish settlements on Palestinian land, was a landmark.....
....The increased and brutal frequency of war in this volatile region has shifted international opinion, reminding Israel it is not above the law. Israel can no longer dictate the terms of debate.
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This would have been unthinkable from the extremely conservative Financial Times, a little while ago!
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