Sanctions are inevitable, despite Israelis' obliviousness

Israel has enjoyed substantial international credit for many years. That support is crashing as polls in the U.S. show sympathy for Israel in steady decline, now falling somewhere between support for China and Turkey

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Sanctions are inevitable, despite Israelis' obliviousness

Israel has enjoyed substantial international credit for many years. That support is crashing as polls in the U.S. show sympathy for Israel in steady decline, now falling somewhere between support for China and Turkey

Uri Bar-Joseph

12:45 AM • April 28 2026 IDT

The metaphor of two trains racing toward each other on the same track, headed for an inevitable collision, is a familiar one, and none is more apt for describing the current state of Israel.

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