International public opinion continues to turn against Israel for his war against Gaza, with more governments slowly starting to reflect these voices and increase their own condemnation of the country.
In recent weeks, the ministers of the Israeli government have been sanctioned by several Western countries, the United Kingdom, France and Canada publishing a joint declaration condemning the “intolerable” level of “human suffering” in Gaza.
Earlier this week, a certain number of countries in the world of world, “the Hague group”, collectively agree on a number of measures which, according to them, “will restrict the aggression of Israel against the occupied Palestinian territories”.
Around the world, and in increasing number, the public, the politicians and, following an Israeli strike on a Catholic church in Gaza, the religious leaders denounce the murders of Israel in Gaza.
So, do the global powers get closer to put enough pressure on Israel for it to stop?
Here’s what we know.
What is the Hague group?
According to its website, the Hague group is a world state block committed to “coordinate legal and diplomatic measures” to defend international law and solidarity with the inhabitants of Palestine.
Composed of eight nations; South Africa, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia and Senegal, the group has set out to maintain international law, and to protect the principles set out in the United Nations Charter, mainly “the responsibility of all nations to maintain inalienable rights, including the right to self -determination, that it has inspired all rights of people”.
Earlier this week, the Hague group organized a meeting of around thirty nations, including China, Spain and Qatar, in the Colombian capital of Bogota. The meeting also attended the Francesca Albanese special meeting, which described the “most important political development in the last 20 months” meeting.
Albanese was recently sanctioned by the United States for its criticism of its ally, Israel.
At the end of the two -day meeting, 12 of the countries present agreed to six measures to limit Israel’s actions in Gaza. These measures included blocks of supply of weapons to Israel, a prohibition of ships carrying weapons and an examination of public contracts for any possible link with companies benefiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Have other governments have taken action?
More and more.
On Wednesday, Slovenia prohibited the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on the far right and the Minister of Ultranationalist Finance Bezalel Smotrich to penetrate its territory after the broader European Union did not accept measures to meet the accusations of generalized human rights violations against Israel.
The prohibition of Slovenia on the two government ministers is based on previous sanctions imposed on Smotrich and Ben-Gvir in June by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Norway for their “incentive to violence”. The two men were among the most vocal Israeli ministers to reject any compromise in negotiations with the Palestinians and put pressure for the Jewish colony of Gaza, as well as the increase in the illegal regulations in occupied West Bank.
In May, the United Kingdom, France and Canada published a joint declaration describing Israel’s escalation of its campaign against Gaza as “totally disproportionate” and promising “concrete actions” against Israel if it has not stopped its offensive.
Later this month, the United Kingdom followed its warning, announcing sanctions on a handful of settlers’ organizations and announcing a “break” in free trade negotiations with Israel.
Still in May, Turkiye announced that it would block all trade with Israel until the humanitarian situation in Gaza is resolved.
South Africa first launched a case of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice at the end of December 2023, and has since been supported by other countries, notably Colombia, Chile, Spain, Ireland and Turkiye.
In January 2024, the CIJ rendered its provisional decision, noting what it called a “plausible” case for the genocide and asking Israel to undertake emergency measures, including the supply of the aid that its government has actually blocked since March of this year.
What other criticism of Israel has there been?
The bombing of Israel of the Church of the Sainte-Famille of Gaza City Thursday, killing three people, attracted a rare reprimand of the most faithful ally of Israel, the United States.
Following what was reported to be a telephone call “angry” by the American president Trump after the bombing, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a statement expressing his “deep regret” about the attack.
To date, Israel has killed more than 58,000 people in Gaza, the majority of women and children.
Has the tide become international?
Mass public demonstrations against the War of Israel against Gaza continued in the world throughout its duration.
And there are clear signs of growing anger in the face of the brutality of the war and the balance sheet he makes on the Palestinians in Gaza.
In Western Europe, a survey carried out by the Yugov survey company in June revealed that the clear favor towards Israel had reached its lowest reflux since the start of follow -up.
A similar survey produced by CNN this week revealed that similar results among the American public, with only 23% of respondents agreeing on Israel’s actions in Gaza were fully justified, against 50% in October 2023.
Public anger also found voice at high -level public events, including music festivals such as the German merger festival, the Open’er Festival in Poland and the British Glastonbury Festival, where the two artists and their supporters used their platforms to denounce the war against Gaza.
Has something changed in Israel?
Protests against war remain weak but develop, with organizations, such as standing together, bringing together Israeli and Palestinian activists to protest against war.
There have also been an increasing number of reservists refusing to present themselves. In April, the Israeli magazine +972 reported that more than 100,000 reservists had refused to go into service, with open letters from the Protestant Army against the war in numbers since.
Will it make a difference?
Netanyahu’s right -wing coalition continues its war against Gaza despite its national and international unpopularity for some time.
The most recent proposal of the government, according to which the whole population of Gaza is confined in what they call a “humanitarian city”, but has been compared to a concentration camp and was taken by many of its detractors as proof that it no longer cares about international law or global opinion.
Internationally, despite his recent criticisms against Israel for his bombing of the Catholic Church of Gaza, American support in Israel remains resolved. For many in Israel, continuous support of the United States, and President Donald Trump in particular, remain the only diplomatic absolute on which they can count to resist whatever the diplomatic storms, their actions in Gaza can cause.
In addition to this support, which includes diplomatic guarantees thanks to the use of American veto in the United Nations Security Council and military support via its vast arsenal, is the American use of sanctions against criticism of Israel, such as the international criminal court, whose members were sanctioned in June after having made a guarantee of arrest for Netanyahu and the former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
This means that in the short term, Israel finally feels protected as long as he has American support. But as it becomes more an international pariah, economic and diplomatic isolation can become more difficult to manage.
