“THE RUSSIANS are not the bad guys any more. Now it’s the Americans.” Thus, explains a European diplomat at the United Nations (UN), the war in Gaza has rapidly eclipsed the one in Ukraine. These days many countries are wary of criticising Russia’s aggression. Instead their outrage is directed at Israel and, increasingly, at America for arming and protecting the Jewish state. The accusation of Western double standards, gleefully amplified by Russia and China, resonated across the halls of UN headquarters this week as the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a far-reaching resolution to isolate Israel and demand the end of its occupation of Palestinian territories within a year.