Haaretz: Israel has lost American universities

According to the Hebrew group of the Tasnim News Agency, Avrat Reitan, a member of the Knesset from the Israel Labor Party, admitted in a note published in response to the massive demonstrations of American university students against the policies of the Israel regime, that Israel has lost the support of not only students but American youth.

In the introduction of this article it is stated: On October 7th we were surprised by a military action, it was on October 8th that we realized that we have a cabinet that is incapable of doing anything, and today we are witnessing our third failure, to realize that Israel is also in the media sector. have failed.

In the continuation of this note, the author admits, what started with a Palestinian support camp inside Columbia University and the New York police arrested dozens of them, quickly and without any control spread to many other universities in the United States and even abroad. It has spread, a vague wave of slogans like blow up Tel Aviv and Israel or the Qassam battalions we are proud of you has spread all over these universities and burst the Israeli bubble for American students.

According to the author, it is true that it is only a short time since the United States has proven its strong support for Israel by approving its military aid package with a majority vote in the Senate, but the images obtained from the universities along with the long-term approaches in the government, the media And the American society threatens the continuation of this support.

The author then admits: Israel has lost universities, this process has taken place in the context of a long-term operation of social and political struggles in American society, while the notions of support for Israel are largely ingrained in the culture of the youth of the United States. today it has reached a point of change and it has reached the point of denying the right of the Israeli government to continue the existence and connection of the Jews with the land of Israel.

In another part of this article, it is stated that the level of support for Israel in the polls conducted after October 7 among young people between 18 and 24 years has decreased drastically.

50% of them supported Hamas and most of them expressed their opposition to Biden's policies towards Israel.

They are the same young people who today raised placards “from the sea to the river” and are calling for an intifada in big universities, and maybe in the future we will see them in key and influential positions in the Senate and in the courts and economic structures and even the White House.

What is clear is that the anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic position is penetrating the politics of the United States, and especially in an election year, candidates cannot ignore the votes of these potential voters.

The author then points out that the first warning about the possible loss of American support appeared a month ago, when the United States dramatically refused to use its veto power against a proposed resolution in the UN Security Council, which led to the first The minister canceled the visit of the Israeli delegation to Washington.

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