How can we explain the fact that Ukraine is lionised and Israel reviled? Why were there no Russians or pro-Russians in Munich to justify Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine but at least a dozen representatives or proponents of the Palestinians? Is it because the enemies of Ukraine and Israel are in some way different? That cannot be the reason. The Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran — Hamas’ sponsor and Israel’s true existential threat — are of course far from identical, one predominantly Orthodox Christian, the latter predominantly Shia Muslim. Two peas in a pod Yet...