In Israel, the standoff with the United States is causing increasing concern. In five months, relations between the two countries have become a slippery slope.
American abstention on Monday at the UN Security Council allowed the vote on a non-binding resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of the 134 Israeli hostages still in custody of Hamas. This decision reinforces, among Israelis, the fear of isolation and the feeling that the gap is widening with the Western world. But Netanyahu's reaction is not to reassure them...