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What to do with historic levels of Palestinian unity and international support?
NICK WRIGHT argues that the huge breakthrough for the resistance in the region and solidarity movement worldwide must lead to a political realism that includes effective Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions tactics
Supporters of the Palestinians hold photographs of Palestinian children who where killed by Israel during the National March for Palestine demonstration at Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, Saturday, May 29, 2021

ISRAEL’S renewed assault on Gaza and the widespread Palestinian resistance it generated has had a profound effect on its standing.

According to last week’s Yougov polling, Israel’s net favourability in Britain is -42, down 27 points since February, in France it is -39 down 22 points, in Sweden -33 down 17 points and even in Germany — where an official pro-Israel public discourse is heavily policed by state, political parties and media — it is at -24 down 14 points.

And in Labour here the balance of opinion is overwhelmingly in support of the national and human rights of the Palestinian people.

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