Five months, 30,000 Palestinians killed and an Israeli prime minister whose only plan seems to be to reoccupy Gaza indefinitely. This time, has the US had enough?
In a first for the Biden administration, Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, before welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political rival. Benny Gantz is currently part of a national unity war cabinet and is also being welcomed by the US Secretary of State, this as the US starts air drops for Gaza civilians and ups the pressure on Israel.
As for Binyamin Netanyahu, who is critical of the red carpet rollout for Gantz, he's shrugging off the international community's fading support for Israel, instead playing on the support of far-right coalition partners and the nerves of mediators who don't want the Arab world to erupt when a month of prayer and fasting begins next week with Ramadan.
How insulated is Israeli public opinion from the damage done to the country’s reputation by the killing of civilians? Has last week's bloodbath at a food distribution convoy in Gaza City moved the needle?
Over the past five months, we have often asked how to find the common ground that can end this nightmare. With both sides traumatised by October 7 and its aftermath, who and how to break a deadlock that's both destructive and – critics argue – self-destructive?
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Imen Mellaz.
