As Israel’s devastating war in Gaza rolls on, unleashing death and starvation on a besieged population, its impact on the world is spreading. The broader Middle East is in churn, with prospects of normalisation between major Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia and Israel now appearing distant. And, increasingly, the situation in Gaza is influencing how much of the world views the West’s narrative on the planet’s other major war, in Ukraine. At the United Nations, the US continues to use its veto to block calls for a ceasefire — even as it is increasingly isolated in the Security Council. There is a line of thought that argues that the US’s inertia is also adversely affecting the West’s ability to engage proactively to end the hostilities in Ukraine.

Source: The Telegraph March 01, 2024 07:28 UTC