On a visit to the UK this week, Trump broke from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance on the war in Gaza. The FT’s Edward Luce and US foreign affairs correspondent Abigail Hauslohner unpack how the situation in the region became so dire, and why world leaders are pressuring Trump to act. 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Has Gaza tested the limits of Donald Trump’s support for Benjamin Netanyahu?

‘Worst-case scenario’ of famine unfolding in Gaza, says global hunger monitor

The west’s complicity in Gaza

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