Gaza and the worthlessness of international opinion - by Jonathan S. Tobin

Critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu think Hamas’s tactics—hurling demonstrators at the border instead of firing missiles over it—was a big success. But the truth about what happened tells us more about the value of international opinion regarding the conflict than it does about the wisdom of Israel’s policies.

Jonathan S. Tobin..
JNS.org..
02 April '18..

Was the Palestinian “March of Return” a propaganda success for Hamas? If you think Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is a reliable barometer of international opinion, then maybe the answer is “yes.”

On Sunday, Sanders—the former and possibly future Democratic presidential contender—illustrated the vast difference between the Trump administration and the left wing of the Democratic Party when he tweeted his support for the march, as well as his criticism of actions by the Israel Defense Forces at the border: “The killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli forces in Gaza is tragic. It is the right of all people to protest for a better future without a violent response.”

As far as Israel’s critics are concerned, the Gaza march was a return to past Palestinian propaganda successes, in which the IDF could be accused of a “disproportionate” response to an attack. The more Palestinian corpses, the better for the Palestinian cause. And the worse for Israel as Western liberals, including many American Jews, shrink in horror from the tough tactics used by the Jewish state.

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