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The light between two things 间隙

Reader question:

Please explain this headline: "No Light Between the US and Israel”.

My comments:

In other words, the United States and Israel share exactly the same position (on some particular issue).

Why?

Well, when Americans say there is no light or, more commonly, daylight between two people or two things, they mean to say that there is no gap or difference between the two.

The light here refers to daylight. During the day, if two persons stand side by side, we should be able to see the gap of light in between the two. If they are ten meters apart, for example, we will be able to see a two-meter gap between the two; if they're 10 centimeters apart, we will be able to see a ten-centimeter gap between the duo; indeed, even if they're one millimeter apart, we will be able to observe there is at least a little light in between them.

From up close and from the right angle, of course.

If there is literally no light between them at all, then the two persons may be in an embrace, their bodies are intertwined and together as one.

Hence, metaphorically speaking, when people that there is no daylight between two people, they mean to say the two people are really close, their ideas or positions are really the same because there's nothing (no daylight) to separate or divide them.

Therefore, as I said, the headline in our question means that the positions of the United States and Israel are inseparable on some unspecified issue.