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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
International reaction to Gaza siege has exposed the growing rift between the West and the Global SouthDark 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;...

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