International reaction to Gaza siege has exposed the growing rift between the West and the Global South
- Written by Jorge Heine, Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
Dark clouds over the United Nations in New York.Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images)The lopsidedness was stark: 120 countries voted in favor of a resolution before the United Nations on Oct. 26, 2023, calling for a “humanitarian truce” in the war in Gaza. A mere 14 countries voted against it.
But the numbers tell only half the story;...