November 8, 2023

With cracks widening in recent days after the White House failed to persuade Israel over a range of issues in Gaza, Washington, unable to bridge the gaps among its closest allies, finds itself in an increasingly awkward position. An insubstantial joint statement was released at the last minute after a meeting of the G7 foreign ministers on Wednesday, which experts said will be of little actual help to solve the crisis but reflects allies' growing distrust in Washington. 

Winding up a two-day meeting in Tokyo, the G7 foreign ministers issued a "unified message" on the Israel-Palestine conflict late on Wednesday evening, including a call for a humanitarian pause in the fighting and a "peace process," Reuters reported, citing Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa.

Analysts considered the statement highlights the difficulties of reaching a consensus, and it has little substantial content that would actually help the humanitarian disaster or deescalate the tension, but is only a reiteration of previous appeals. While Blinken has called on G7 members to "come together in the face of this crisis and to speak, as we do, with one clear voice," the group of rich nations is becoming the latest US-led clique to find itself divided by the war, analysts said. 

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