Jewish thinkers have long warned that Israel’s dependence on western Jews’ political support to gain impunity for its human rights abuses could contribute to antisemitism in the U.S. and even make Jews’ lives “precarious.”

There were indications this week that evidence of Israeli genocide in Gaza is breaking in on the American mind, including the historic pro-Palestine demonstration in D.C. — and can things ever be the same?

Thoughtful people around the globe are awaking to the vengeful spirit and actions of the Israeli government, and they are aroused to unprecedented demonstrations and actions and prayers. They act knowing that our friends and colleagues in Gaza are subject to unending plagues and a nightmare of force very few of us have experienced.

As Israel experiences its greatest crisis in 50 years, the Israel lobby has risen to the occasion. But despite its best efforts, the lobby is now up against foes it has never had before, and that in the long run will defeat it.

Netanyahu justifies genocide– this is a struggle between “children of light and children of darkness”– and Biden appears to be bargaining over how many Palestinians civilians Israel can kill.

The U.S. media are reflecting the White House narrative that this is Israel’s 9/11, and they are pounding the drums of war.

Palestinian solidarity was winning the U.S. discourse. Now that’s over. An American who supports nonviolent actions reflects on the violence and trauma in Palestine.

Despite near unanimity of support for Israel in the US political establishment these days, some voices are making it into the mainstream media to explain the causes of violence and state that while they condemn the Hamas attacks on civilians, they were not “unprovoked.”

Hamas attack will likely set back Israel-Saudi normalization plan, which was hateful to Palestinians, but could also reduce sympathy for Palestinians and BDS among Democratic voters in the U.S.

It did not take very long for Israel’s friends in the U.S., including many liberal Democrats and liberal Zionist organizations, to declare utter support for Israel against Hamas “terrorists.”