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Netanyahu’s Election Bid may Worsen Israel’s International Isolation
['Paul Rogers']
Informed Comment
His immediate response has been clear enough: there will be no Israeli military withdrawal whatsoever until Hamas is completely disarmed.
While diminishing support for Israel in the United States is certainly a major concern for Netanyahu, Israeli domestic opinion is, for now, far more important.
Regardless, the longer-term danger to future Israeli governments may stem not from local or regional factors but from the international community – particularly Israel’s traditional allies in the West.
Via PicrylIn the UK, for example, two new books publish first-hand accounts of the treatment of Palestinians.
Successive recent governments have shared a commitment to controlling public dissent over the Israeli treatment of Palestinians, including novel legal interpretations of terrorism that have seen thousands of protesters arrested.