With at least 22,000 Palestinians massacred in Gaza, Israel has lost its “carte blanche” from Western allies, Adel Abdel Ghafar, a senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, told Al Jazeera

“As scenes of carnage, displaced populations, dead children and starvation fill our screens, the tide is really shifting,” he told Al Jazeera, adding that massive pro-Palestinian rallies across Europe and the US have exerted pressure on politicians, with some European countries like Belgium changing their tone on Gaza and calling for a ceasefire, something Israel has firmly rejected.

“It’s also very interesting to keep an eye on US politics given that this is an election year and Biden’s ratings are down. This will factor into his calculus in this new year.”