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David, I'm baffled by the contempt these nations have for Israel, especially, as you pointed out , the act of ending arms shipments to Israel right after October 7th. With a heavy heart, I remain very grateful for your writing and research.

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Many thanks, Fred.

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I think it's all the more tragic because arms embargoes enforce Israel's perception that it is alone and cannot count on others to defend it, which in turn makes Israel less likely to compromise with the Palestinians and the conflict more entrenched and even harder to solve.

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I agree, although compromise with the Palestinians is not within Israel's capacity as long as the Palestinians continue with their Israel-negating ideology.

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