It occurs to me what might be the reason why western authorities are reacting so brutally to protests against genocide in Gaza.
I doubt it's specifically some strategic need to keep Israel as an ally.
I think they're UNEASY that significant popular opinion suddenly objects to tens of thousands of brown people dying far away, if only in this one case.
They weren't expecting that to happen.
Their climate change strategy kind of hinges on us not caring about that.
@petealexharris Don't underestimate the role of conservative Christianity's weird (because often also anti-semitic) devotion to Israel, nor the role milenarian thinking is playing in the far religious right - Israel standing alone, surrounded by enemies looms large in such thinking. So it may not be deep strategy, but short term political gaming.
@nowan
I think that particular madness plays a part on the US right, but not so much in the UK, and the UK's far-right government are just as happy to let the genocide keep happening.
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