This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

Gaza, the headline from London, Pink Paper, Financial Times.

UK halt straight talks with Israel over Gaza offensive.

Subhead, Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan says country risks becoming, quote,

pariah state amid mounting international criticism.

I welcome Jonathan Shanzer, the executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies,

to comment on what appears to be information war underway out of Europe after all these years,

and the information war is directed at Israel, not at Hamas, not at the enablers of Hamas and their legion, not at Iran, but at Israel,

for seeking to re-secure the hostages, dead or alive, and seal up what looks to be an open

wound in the Ngev. Jonathan, a very good evening to you. We'll stay away from facts. We'll just stay with

prejudice right now. What's coming out of Europe, listening to the Financial Times headlines

this morning, reading the news here and around the world, is that it appears that foreign

ministers who we could name, but there's no reason to,

have decided to make phone calls and decide this is the moment to say Israel is overstepping

its writ to defend itself. Is this a surprise, Jonathan, or has this come up before when

Israel is pressing an attack in a war? Well, it's something of a surprise, Jonathan, or has this come up before when Israel is pressing an attack in a war?

Well, it's something of a surprise, John. I think part of this has to do with the fact that

under the Biden administration, the U.S. was taking the lead in pressing Israel to end the

conflict. Donald Trump has not exactly adopted that position. And so I think what we see

right now are Europeans coming out, perhaps even as a way of challenging Donald Trump. So you've got

the French and the Brits and also the Canadians. So these are all countries that right now

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