The writing is on the wall as support for Israel shrinks

The writing is on the wall. As Gaza ceasefire talks flail, if not fail for the umpteenth time, a series of vignettes tell the story of Israel’s increasingly shrinking support base in the United States and Europe. Alarmingly for Israel, the vignettes reflect mounting criticism of the Jewish state in US President Donald J. Trump’s Make America Great Again and America First support base, as well as among European leaders. To be sure, Chirstian Zionists and pro-Israel Evangelicals remain an important segment of Mr. Trump’s base. Similarly, European leaders have yet to put their money where their mouth is. Even so, failing to do so is becoming increasingly difficult. That realisation may be registering on Israeli radars. Not that it will change Israel’s indefensible conduct of the Gaza war. Instead, Israel’s response resembles Hans Brinker, the boy in Mary Mapes Dodge’s 19th century children’s novel, who puts his finger in a Dutch dike to prevent a major breach.