I just wonder how those cheering Netanyahu on and unhappy with erstwhile allies recognising Palestine can explain why these governments, that were falling over themselves to support Israel, have no withdrawn their support. After all these are allies that stuck by Israel through every other conflict with Gaza, and ‘yes’ there have been others, yes innocent Palestinians were killed then also, and no Hamas had not launched an attack on Israelis on those occasions, so hardly provoked, but still western allies held fast. However, this time they haven’t. Why?
And just saying they want the Muslim vote doesn’t wash, certainly these governments haven’t cared too much about this in the past, France has gone out of its way to alienate its Muslim population and the UK hardly took their side for some time, even saying in the beginning that it was a good move to stop water and electricity in Gaza.
So why?
Could it possibly be because on this occasion Netanyahu has gone way beyond the pale, even by Israeli government standards, and fears of the stain of genocide sticking to western governments long after the dust has settled outweigh the loss of an erstwhile ally
