There's been a persistent myth for years that the West was never truly an ally to the Palestinian cause, and that the Arab world more recently abandoned Palestine, and certainly wasn't doing enough on the issue. You hear it in think-tank reports, at diplomatic summits, even whispered among activists: that normalization agreements, "cold peace" and shifting alliances have left Palestinians alone. But what if people were looking at solidarity through too narrow a prism?

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