Opinion: Could campus protests be the moment Israel loses the West?

In his latest column, Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst argues that recent protests on US campuses could be a "tipping point" in Western support for Israel. 

He writes: "If the targets of 1968 protest movement were the Pentagon, or the repressive paternalism of the Gaullist state, the targets today are Zionism and Israel’s armourers in the US, the UK, and Germany. 

This is the pro-Israel lobby libelling and smearing politicians as antisemitic for their support of Palestine. They are the ones causing gutless and panicky universities to kick lecturers out of their jobs. They see themselves as democrats but their hands are deep in the toolkit of fascists. They endanger the rule of law, free speech and the right to protest.

Spearheading the revolt against Zionism is a new generation of Jews who are turning up in increasing numbers at these protests."

You can read the full column below. 

Opinion: Could campus protests be the moment Israel loses the West?