Afrasianet -Sharhabil Al-Gharib - What we are witnessing today is the beginning of correcting a long path of blind bias towards Israel, and the new equation after this shift explicitly says, if the war continues, political pressure will escalate.

The new international positions adopted by European countries, represented by the signing of a statement by 23 European countries calling on Israel to end the Israeli war on Gaza, and the positions of the last three countries, Britain, France and Canada, represent a clear shift in the course of Western dealing with the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

From explicit support after the seventh of October, to the threat of measures and boycotts, after they were yesterday's allies, they have become strongly pressed today, demanding the need to stop and end the ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, what happened and why did the tone of the allies change after a long silence, and do the rules of Western support for Israel change after this transformation?

In a remarkable shift, Britain, France and Canada issued explicit warnings to Israel demanding an end to the war on Gaza and the entry of humanitarian aid to its population, this position is an unprecedented political move, which came after an escalating and continuous wave in European capitals of demonstrations and popular and official anger, which coincided with a wave of international pressure, all of this represents a defining moment in the relationship between Israel and its Western allies.

The tone shifted and attitudes changed, after they were supportive of "Israel", and the continued killing, destruction, extermination and exacerbation of human suffering prompted European countries to reconsider this support for "Israel", and made US President Donald Trump escalate his position against Netanyahu, to the point of threatening to abandon him, according to American media.

The ongoing shift in the positions of the three countries has important implications, as it reflects new strategic calculations and political motives, as these countries fear the eruption or ignition of new military confrontations with certain countries as a result of the continuation of the war in Gaza that would confuse and complicate the situation again in the region, in light of the continued strikes by the Yemeni armed forces in the Red Sea and the continuous Yemeni strikes on Tel Aviv on the one hand, and the expansion of the Russian-Chinese sphere of influence in the region at the expense of American influence on the other hand.

Internationally, it has become clear that the policy of double standards is no longer acceptable and irrelevant, at a time when these countries have taken firm positions towards other wars in the region, such as the Russian-Ukrainian war, which puts them in front of a moral test towards the Israeli war in Gaza. 

The issuance of such positions is an indication that the European position that supported them unanimously 18 months ago is already cracking and is no longer as solid as it was, and that the continuation of the war with such bloody and brutality has reopened major debates about Western international responsibility, the legality of the use of excessive force against Palestinian civilians on the one hand, and the limits of political and military support in support of Israel on the other.

The transformation taking place is not superficial, but goes back to the roots of the crisis and Israel's brutal behavior in the faltering of the war and the continuation of the ongoing series of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and in the face of this catastrophic situation, it has become politically and morally difficult for Western countries to ignore the genocide and make it submit to the human floods that come out in rejection of the war, demanding an end to support for Israel.

With the passage of time and the exposure of real attitudes towards the goals of the continuation of the Israeli war, it has become difficult to continue marketing the Israeli narrative and narrative, in light of the increasing killing of civilians and children in Gaza, the perpetration of heinous crimes against the Palestinian people, and the threat of displacement.

The escalation of the wave of international criticism of the futility of the continuation of the war on Gaza made European countries realize that their continued bias towards Israel will lose their international credibility, specifically after the international positions and reports issued by international bodies and organizations, the United Nations and the International Court of Justice towards the atrocity of crimes committed against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Britain, which is the illegitimate mother of Israel and its partner in the ongoing genocide since the beginning of the war, is fed up with the ongoing absurd war, and explicitly calls for an immediate end to the blockade and the entry of humanitarian aid, and summoned the Israeli ambassador and threatened to impose sanctions and suspended negotiations on a free trade agreement with Israel, and other countries began to resort to practical pressure tools against Israel and now support the initial signals of the directions of the UN Security Council aimed at ending the war on Gaza.

The question that arises here is how long will Arab positions remain stagnant, and when will Arab leaders pay attention to what Britain and other European countries have done, do the same and follow in their footsteps? When will they move? How many agreements can be frozen? How many ambassadors can be called? There is no doubt that the weakness and inaction of Arab positions are what make Netanyahu dare to continue killing and extermination and make the US administration's pressure on Netanyahu Moderate. 

The expansion of the circle of international positions rejecting aggression and blockade, the latest of which from several European countries, is a new condemnation of the occupation policies and increasing support for the demands of the Palestinian people, and what is important in this scene is that what we are witnessing today is the beginning of correcting a long path of blind bias towards "Israel", and the new equation after this transformation explicitly says, if the war continues, political pressure will escalate, which may force the European government to take bolder steps, even at the expense of its political and strategic relations with "Israel", and it has already begun to shift to actual policies with the hostility of ambassadors as a first step on the road and perhaps we will see other bolder subsequent steps that change the equation of conflict in the region.