Britain and France have each sent naval vessels to the eastern Mediterranean, but this gesture has barely registered. For all such efforts and more besides, if and when Israel silences the guns in Gaza, it will not be thanks to the Europeans. For all such efforts and more besides, if and when Israel silences the guns in Gaza, it will not be thanks to the Europeans. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has cruelly reminded Europe that, for all its talk of geopolitical clout, it is not treated in the region as an indispensable interlocutor. Is Europe struggling with diplomacy in Gaza ?

