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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Key allies seek to rein in Israel without letting Hamas off the hook

US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (right), with Joe Biden earlier this month.
US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (right), with Joe Biden earlier this month. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

In New York at the UN, in Brussels at the EU, in The Hague, in Cairo, in Rio and even at Westminster, a set of subtle and interrelated diplomatic dances are under way.

Israel’s foremost supporters are attempting to apply the squeeze on their ally while avoiding making undiluted calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza they fear would leave a battered Hamas in charge, its leadership at large.

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