Countries like Britain and the United States are friendly to Israel. That is the official position. After the October 7 attacks, both governments immediately condemned the atrocities and supported Israel’s right to self-defence.
Yet if one counts up all those governments’ public pronouncements on the Israel-Gaza conflict, one finds the great majority are criticisms of Israel. Ministers do not defend Hamas, of course, but they usually mention it only in passing, or not at all.
