Two Wars Are Poisoning the Political Debate Everywhere
- UK parliament in chaos over Gaza; wars dominate G-20 in Rio
- Brazil seeks to stop tensions from derailing its G-20 agenda
People clad in the Israeli and Ukranian flags take part in a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv in Feb. 2022.
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The divisions sown by the Israel-Hamas conflict and Russia’s war on Ukraine were on full display this week in two political arenas an ocean apart.
In extraordinary scenes in London, the House of Commons broke down over a vote calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Around the same time, Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro were at loggerheads over the desperate humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and Russia’s aggression toward its neighbor, Ukraine.