There was a comment on here yesterday about how all the pro-Palestine protests in its aftermath shocked many liberal Israelis, who’ve since decided that they are on their own and have little in common with the West.

April 11, 2026 - 10:57 UTC

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I think it's naive to imagine people organising protests didn't want that outcome. E.g., they adopted Hamas's red triangle targeting symbol, named protests after Hamas's massacre, etc.

I can't say *why* they did it, but promoting Hamas (rather than, say, the PA/Palestinians generally) was a choice.
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No *they* didn't.
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I think most obviously it’s because it’s never been about helping the Palestinians but about destroying the (Jewish) Israelis.
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If they support their government's genocidal wars against every other country in the Middle East then fuck yes, they are on their own.

The initial reaction across the west was solidarity with Israel, but they went and pissed that away with their unconscionable overreaction.
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It isn't true though.
Pro-Palestinian protests immediately after were tiny.

By a couple of weeks later, Israel was attacking Gaza (and there were already hundreds of civilians killed) and numbers grew. Even then most protests were calling for a ceasefire and supporters mentioning kidnaps too.
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I spent quite a lot of time that day responding to people who were sharing clips of Hizb-ut Tahrir's event - or from other countries - under the impression that that was what the main pro Palestinian marches involved.
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