The brutal Israeli war on Gaza has done more than reshape the physical landscape of the besieged enclave; it has irrevocably altered the global political and moral landscape. In less than two years, the edifice of eighty years of Zionist propaganda and carefully constructed global brainwashing has not merely cracked, it has crumbled. The once potent weapon of being branded “anti-Semite” for criticising Israel, which once silenced dissent, has now lost its sting, increasingly met with derision rather than dread. This profound shift marks Israel’s crossing of a critical Rubicon, leaving it exposed to an unprecedented international reckoning that is now rapidly unfolding. 

Across Europe, the tide has turned. Countries like Spain, Ireland, Norway, and Slovenia have recognised the State of Palestine. The fear of being labelled antisemitic, once a powerful deterrent, now often provokes ridicule. Hundreds of thousands march weekly in European capitals. From London to Berlin, from Paris to Rome, protesters, many of them Jews, chant: “Not in our name.” Israeli flags are burned not in hatred of a people but in rejection of an apartheid regime and an illegal occupation. Israel’s impunity is cracking.

In the United States, the fortress of unconditional support is also beginning to wobble. While the Zionist lobby remains deeply entrenched in American politics and finance, voices of dissent grow louder. Senator Bernie Sanders, long a lone voice in the wilderness, has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of war crimes. He has called for sanctions, for an end to arms shipments, and has asked what many Americans are now asking: Why are we financing this war while tens of thousands sleep homeless in the streets of........

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