Support for Israel creates a sense that it can do what it wants: Analysis

Support for Israel creates a sense that it can do what it wants: Analysis

Thursday, Oct 3, 2024
Richard Dalton, a former UK ambassador to Iran, says support for Israel from the West is working against de-escalating the conflict.

"It’s working against establishing a peaceful settlement across the region, whether within Palestine or beyond because it is creating this sense that Israel can do what it wants," he told Al Jazeera.

"They can humiliate the United States. They can bank the military support from the United Kingdom and Israel’s European partners and not do anything to respond to the requirements of those countries that there should be progress towards Palestinian statehood as a prerequisite for peace," he added.

Dalton said that public opinion in the West is turning against Israel due to how it has been fighting its wars.

"I believe that opinion has turned against Israel because of Israel’s action, because of Israel’s denial of basic human rights, because Israel’s denial that rights which it claims for itself should be accorded to others," he said.