Time for unaligned nations to take a stand on outright militant incursions

There is little doubt this latest Israel-Hamas upsurge partly reflects the trend toward overt armed action in the deepening clash with the western alliance being orchestrated by Russia and its allies.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to have had direct responsibility for the new assault on Israel, Hamas’ action has to be seen in a wider geo-political context, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 11, 2023

OTTAWA—Large-scale military incursions or politically motivated attacks were subject, for the most part, to international condemnation in the decades after the slaughter of the Second World War.

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