And again the mirror of guilt
Dr. Michael Milstein analyzes the developing crisis with Britain and the international criticism of Israel, arguing that Israel is relying on a "bubble" of self-justification following October 7, while ignoring the political and moral consequences of the rising violence in Judea and Samaria and the settlement policy.
Dr. Michael Milstein, a senior researcher at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, analyzes in an opinion column on ynet the developing crisis with Britain and the growing international criticism of Israel. According to him, Israel is relying on two blind spots: the first - a failure to understand the essence of the problem, which is not only the rising Jewish violence in the West Bank but also the absolute rejection of a political arrangement with the Palestinians and the acceleration of the settlement enterprise while normalizing goals once associated with far-right elements. The second - outcries over a "violent fringe," while the damage is to the moral justification of Israel's path. Milstein argues that Israel's responses, such as closing the British consulate, reflect a denial of reality and that the world is not impressed by hasbara efforts. He warns that Israel is relying on a "bubble" inspired by "the whole world is against us" and "new Sparta," believing that October 7 grants moral justification to do as it pleases, but is not alert to the fact that the world sees it as a country in a tailspin. He notes that even Trump is more reserved in providing strategic support. Milstein calls for a sober recognition of the expected character of the state: a house without partitions for two hostile peoples, isolated in the region and reviled in the world, driven by a religious-sectarian vision, waging eternal wars - an unprecedented existential danger.