As the Tel Aviv regime grapples with a heightened sense of insecurity due to the Palestinians’ spirited resistance, a prominent lobbyist acknowledges that Zionism may have “failed” and that the Israeli regime is in “far bigger trouble than anyone understands.”
Faraan: Michael Koplow, the chief policy officer at New York-based Israel Policy Forum, made the remarks in an article on a bill banning the raising of Palestinian flags, although the pro-Israel lobby group claims it is dedicated to preserving Israel’s future as a Jewish state.
“If waving a flag threatens Israel’s existence, then not only is Israel in far bigger trouble than anyone understands, but Zionism itself has failed,” said Koplow. “Protesters waving Palestinian flags and mourners displaying them at funerals does not threaten Israel’s … security in any tangible way, and to think otherwise betrays a deep and unwarranted sense of insecurity about Israel’s durability and legitimacy,” he added.
His comments come as the image of Israel as a vital US ally facing “an existential threat” is beginning to “shatter not least because of the consensus amongst major human rights groups that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid.” The pro-Israel lobbyist himself slammed the double standard applied by the Israeli regime, which approved the so-called Flag March while considering raising Palestinian flags as incitement.
“There was a particular irony at work this week with Israeli arguments that marching through the Old City with Israeli flags is nothing but a demonstration of legitimate Israeli pride and should not be construed in any way as incitement or threatening toward Palestinians, while at the same time insisting on multiple fronts that Palestinian flags are inherently illegitimate and should be construed as incitement and threats toward Israelis.”
