OLD STEREOTYPESare haunting the Middle East once more. The biggest butchery of Israeli civilians since the state’s creation, carried out onOctober 7th, has been followed by aslaughter of Palestinian civilians. America, which has funded, armed and defended Israel is again an object of ire. So are its Western allies. Together they are blamed for facilitating Gaza’s pummelling and the displacement of its people. A truce which began on November 24th, and which was set to expire asThe Economistwent to press, had led to the release of 81 hostages and 180 Palestinian detainees as of November 28th.
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