“The Hamas atrocities on October 7 made Israel’s right to a military defensive response self-evident to the international community. What has since shaken this consensus of sympathy and support is not just the rising mortality rate and sheer scale of human suffering in Gaza: it is the repeated, glaring evidence that Israeli leadership refuses to contemplate any steps towards conflict resolution.”
In the wake of the ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, GI Deputy Director Tehila Wenger analyses the consequences of Israel’s handing of the Gaza war and its lack of commitment to a negotiated settlement to the conflict on international support for Israel.
Read the full op-ed in Haaretz here.
