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Turkey\u2019s decision to suspend trade with Israel<\/a> underscores the rising global pressure to wind down the war in Gaza, even as Israel\u2019s leaders insist that they will not end the campaign until Hamas\u2019s rule in the enclave has been eradicated.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s international isolation has mounted as its devastating military offensive in Gaza continues, with little end in sight. Some countries have downgraded or cut ties with Israel. Close partners like the United States, Britain and Germany<\/a>, while remaining strongly supportive of Israel, have become more openly critical of its conduct and of restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza.<\/p>\n Colombia this week became the second South American nation to break off ties with Israel, after Bolivia. On the day that Bolivia made its announcement, Colombia and Chile both said that they were recalling their ambassadors to Israel, and Honduras followed suit<\/a> within days. Belize also cut diplomatic ties with Israel that month.<\/p>\n Arab states like Jordan and Bahrain, with whom Israel cooperates closely on security, have also recalled their ambassadors amid public outcry over the rising death toll in Gaza. The Israeli offensive has also hampered U.S.-led efforts to forge an agreement to normalize diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel hoped would be a major part of his legacy.<\/p>\n The Biden administration, Israel\u2019s most important ally, has shown no sign of pulling back military support, even as it warns against an Israeli invasion of Rafah, in southern Gaza, where more than a million people are sheltering. And Israel won a reprieve this week when a United Nations court declined to order Germany<\/a>, Israel\u2019s second-biggest supplier of weapons, after the United States, to suspend those arms sales.<\/p>\n Still, the moves by Turkey and others highlight how the war in Gaza, now nearly seven months old, is exacting a growing toll on Israel\u2019s global standing.<\/p>\n