Can’t tell the Mideast players without a program!
Slate brings us this graphic breakdown of whom is considered friend, foe or “It’s complicated” for the current southern Lebanon-Palestinian-Israeli players (hat tip to Chap). It’s reminiscent of my old days of armor vehicle recognition training when the answers were often broken down to friend, foe or French, the latter being an only somewhat humorous jab at both their unreliability and their willingness to sell to just about anyone.
As to Slate’s interactive graphic, I cannot say that I necessarily with all of their judgements, as I would certainly consider the European Union to be a mixed bag for Israel — quite willing business partners but generally unreliable and often somewhat hostile in the political arena to Israel’s efforts.