Western indifference to Israel's thirst for war defines a grotesque year of hypocrisy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : [ Xi tells Biden that China is ready to work with Trump administrationOpens in new window ]China got some good news towards the end of the year as South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached following his brief imposition of martial law.
50% : While Europeans fear that Trump will sacrifice Ukraine for the sake of his friendship with Vladimir Putin, insiders in Moscow expect him to seek something in return.
48% : Children between five and nine years old accounted for more of the dead than any other age group, according to a report published in November by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
48% : Faced with such a capricious figure in the White House, the EU faces the challenge of developing a more independent foreign policy at a time when its two most powerful member-states, France and Germany, are in political turmoil.
47% : Beijing has offered diplomatic support too and although it has not offered military aid, the US and the EU claim that Chinese companies are supplying Russia with dual-use goods essential for its war effort.
44% : [ Kyiv and Moscow cite conditions after Trump calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefireOpens in new window ]Their change of outlook is a consequence of Donald Trump's victory in November's presidential election after repeated promises to end the war in Ukraine.
44% : "The one thing you never want to happen is you never want Russia and China uniting," Trump told Tucker Carlson in an interview before the election.
42% : But as the US under Trump retreats from global leadership and the war in Gaza becomes an ever greater stain on the human conscience, her ardent Atlanticism and her strident support for Israel are more discordant than ever.
39% : The result emboldened the opposition and India's civil society and Modi has had to draw back from controversial legislation targeting Muslim charities and a bill to tighten government control over broadcasting and digital content.
28% : Beijing is bracing for a trade war with Trump, who has threatened to impose a blanket 60 per cent tariff on all Chinese imports.
25% : Trump views America's alliances as little more than contracts for service, with the US providing security to Europe for what he believes to be too low a charge.
19% : Trump has complained about Taiwan "stealing" the American semiconductor industry and some in his circle have expressed scepticism about sending US forces to defend the island in the event of a Chinese attack.
17% : Putin is unlikely to abandon Xi Jinping for an uncertain future with such an unreliable suitor as Trump.

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