Israel cannot be said to have too many friends in the world. Those that are – whether they live in Singapore, New Delhi, Washington or London – must surely wonder at the price Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is exacting from them for their loyalties and sympathies.
At least two of these nations – India and the US – are headed for elections in 2024, and many voters are uneasy, if not plainly angry, over their leadership’s support for the Jewish state at a time when the killings in Gaza – in retaliation for the Oct 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel – are stirring the global conscience.
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