Israel’s greatest threat isn’t Hamas, Hezbollah or Iran

For two years, I have warned that the Jewish state’s most dangerous enemy may be the collapse of its international legitimacy. The latest polling suggests that danger is no longer theoretical.

With tedious regularity, I am accused of being a paid Israeli shill. It is what people reach for when they do not want to engage with what I have actually said. It is easier to imagine a transaction than an argument, easier to believe there must be a cheque somewhere than to accept that a person might look seriously at Israel, Gaza, Hamas, the West Bank…