Why I Don’t Cheer for Israel’s ‘Pro-Democracy’ Movement

Photograph Source: Oren Rozen – CC BY-SA 4.0

In conversations about Israel and Palestine, I am often asked about my views on the internal resistance to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

My questioners point to hundreds of thousands of Israelis who have been taking to the streets to protest against the government and its efforts to introduce a judicial overhaul over the past two years and inquire why I remain apathetic to these efforts to end Netanyahu’s rule.

My answer is simple ...