Earlier on in his premiership, Benjamin Netanyahu touted Israel’s diplomatic inroads across the Global South, especially throughout Africa, where countries have traditionally taken pro-Palestinian stances.
The Israeli prime minister’s visits to Argentina, Brazil, Chad, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, and Oman were important from this standpoint. So were visits to Jerusalem paid by leaders from countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, and South Sudan.
Although anti-Israel sentiments have long been present in the Global South, they have significantly intensified since the Gaza war began a year ago. At the same time, the past 12 months of carnage in Gaza and, more recently, in Lebanon, have perhaps done irreversible damage to the credibility of the US and other Western powers backing Tel Aviv. ….more
