How Israel’s Gaza offensive is unraveling decades of Western support and pushing it toward unprecedented isolation and why it is about to get much worse.
You lost me with your claim in your second paragraph: “Once assured of unwavering international support, especially from Western powers …”
That is a stunningly ahistorical comment. One need only look at the pattern of Western voting at the UN over the decades. One need only listen to the decades of statements emanating from various Western ministries and chancelleries.
There was never a time when Israel received “unwavering” support, not from the U.S. (even now, under Trump or did I miss the coordinated attack on Iran’s nuclear program) and certainly not from most European countries.
What may have changed is a loosening of the post-Holocaust taboo on antisemitism. The only remnant is that no one seeks the label but wants to engage in such rhetoric.
Israel has been attempting to thread a needle not only on Gaza but on the rest of Iran’s “ring of fire”. In large part, it succeeded but at the cost of showing that Hamas understood the West and its media quite well. It assumed that they would regurgitate whatever propaganda they were fed - with the goal of undermining support - and the media did exactly as Hamas planned.
If Israel had followed the Powell Doctrine, it would have used overwhelming force up front, seized Gaza and ended the war within a few months. Its caution has been met with criticism by persons or groups who have no credible alternative to offer.
In the positive side, given the voting patterns at Eurovision, vast swaths of the general public understand Israel’s dilemma and support it. That, in turn, suggests that many government elites are out of step with their own people. But that’s bound to happen when your foreign policy is pitched toward a small but loud domestic minority that has little seeming interest in assimilating into the general culture and whose peacefulness is not assured.
In the end, Israel will look after its interests as it sees fit. It will survive and continue to flourish because its citizens add to Western civilization. The “world” reaction you stress over only confirms the lesson the Zionists understood: only Jews can be counted on to protect Jews.
The US has sent several billions of dollars worth of aid yearly to Israel for decades, yet you dismiss such support because the US won't be led by the nose into attacking Iran at the beck and call of Israel.
Why does USA continue to send Billions to this fascist police state when they have stolen your nuclear weapons and killed your servicemen by the dozens? They are not anybody's "ally", as Netanyahu regularly states.
Bravo. This is the fact Zionists hate and won’t tolerate and even rush to label as “antisemitism”. It isn’t enough that billions upon billions are sent every year, them demand also is that unconditional 24/7 no questions asked “yes sir, sorry sir, no sir, thank you sir“ valet service while it carries out its own interests.
Eurovision? 🤣 Israelis boast on Tik Tok about using multiple credit cards to vote hundreds of times, cheating the system. Typically crooked, painting a false image of support as shabby hasbara.
This genocide will never be forgotten, because we will remind the world every day until the Zionist experiment is ended and Jews and Arabs live as equals in Israel.
You lost me with your claim in your second paragraph: “Once assured of unwavering international support, especially from Western powers …”
That is a stunningly ahistorical comment. One need only look at the pattern of Western voting at the UN over the decades. One need only listen to the decades of statements emanating from various Western ministries and chancelleries.
There was never a time when Israel received “unwavering” support, not from the U.S. (even now, under Trump or did I miss the coordinated attack on Iran’s nuclear program) and certainly not from most European countries.
What may have changed is a loosening of the post-Holocaust taboo on antisemitism. The only remnant is that no one seeks the label but wants to engage in such rhetoric.
Israel has been attempting to thread a needle not only on Gaza but on the rest of Iran’s “ring of fire”. In large part, it succeeded but at the cost of showing that Hamas understood the West and its media quite well. It assumed that they would regurgitate whatever propaganda they were fed - with the goal of undermining support - and the media did exactly as Hamas planned.
If Israel had followed the Powell Doctrine, it would have used overwhelming force up front, seized Gaza and ended the war within a few months. Its caution has been met with criticism by persons or groups who have no credible alternative to offer.
In the positive side, given the voting patterns at Eurovision, vast swaths of the general public understand Israel’s dilemma and support it. That, in turn, suggests that many government elites are out of step with their own people. But that’s bound to happen when your foreign policy is pitched toward a small but loud domestic minority that has little seeming interest in assimilating into the general culture and whose peacefulness is not assured.
In the end, Israel will look after its interests as it sees fit. It will survive and continue to flourish because its citizens add to Western civilization. The “world” reaction you stress over only confirms the lesson the Zionists understood: only Jews can be counted on to protect Jews.
The US has sent several billions of dollars worth of aid yearly to Israel for decades, yet you dismiss such support because the US won't be led by the nose into attacking Iran at the beck and call of Israel.
You conflate ally with "lap dog".
We are not your mercenaries.
Why does USA continue to send Billions to this fascist police state when they have stolen your nuclear weapons and killed your servicemen by the dozens? They are not anybody's "ally", as Netanyahu regularly states.
We are not your mercenaries.
Bravo. This is the fact Zionists hate and won’t tolerate and even rush to label as “antisemitism”. It isn’t enough that billions upon billions are sent every year, them demand also is that unconditional 24/7 no questions asked “yes sir, sorry sir, no sir, thank you sir“ valet service while it carries out its own interests.
Eurovision? 🤣 Israelis boast on Tik Tok about using multiple credit cards to vote hundreds of times, cheating the system. Typically crooked, painting a false image of support as shabby hasbara.
This genocide will never be forgotten, because we will remind the world every day until the Zionist experiment is ended and Jews and Arabs live as equals in Israel.
The US isn't your lap dog or personal team if mercenaries to summon to do your bidding.
Biden was president on Oct 7, not Trump