Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Gaza update: as assault on Rafah continues international sentiment shifts away from supporting Israel

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par Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor

If Israel’s ongoing assault on Rafah on the Gaza Strip is anything to go on, the concept of “red lines”, so beloved of US presidents as a measure of when to take action, is increasingly flexible. Back in February, when the Israeli government was planning the operation, the US president Joe Biden said it would have “consequences”.

An all-out assault on the area, where an estimated 400,000 people remain stranded for want of any other safe areas, would force the White House to reconsider its military support for its longtime close ally. Biden told…

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