Israel’s Western allies turn against it over Gaza. Is it ‘too little, too late’?

After 1½ years of death and destruction in Gaza, Israel’s closest Western allies have begun to distance themselves from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – but only in their rhetoric, not by their actions.

Over the last two weeks, the leaders of Britain, Canada and the European Union have threatened to take “concrete steps” against Israel for violating international humanitarian law by blocking the delivery of food, medicine and other aid desperately needed by Gaza’s starving population.