ANALYSE – The solidarity expressed towards the Jewish state by its Western allies is increasingly poorly tolerated by southern countries, which denounce a double standard.
Mardi 1is October, when Iran had just fired 180 ballistic missiles towards Tel Aviv, Joe Biden wanted to dispel any ambiguity. “Make no mistakehe insisted: the United States fully, fully, fully supports Israel. » As he did on October 7, then again on April 13 when Tehran launched its first salvo of projectiles against the Jewish state, the tenant of the White House reaffirmed that it has the right to defend itself and announced the strengthening of the American military presence in the region. For their part, European capitals have strongly condemned the Islamic Republic. But this demonstration of solidarity does not dispel the unease, or even the disapproval, that the war waged by Israel has generated in recent months among its closest allies.
From the fall of 2023, the leaders of the Jewish state were the first to deplore that the compassion aroused by the Hamas massacres…
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