America Can Turn the Tide of the War by Hitting Iran Where It Hurts
With some help from Israel.
August 4, 2026
Neither spontaneous nor grassroots.
The size, frequency, and ferocity of the anti-Israel demonstrations that have cropped up across the West since the October 7 attacks have come as a shock to many—especially given the proliferation of Hamas and Hizballah symbols and slogans. But these are not simply the outgrowth of popular sentiment. Limor Simhony Philpott points to the conclusions of a new report on the forces behind the anti-Israel protests in the UK:
With some help from Israel.
Rather, it appears to be the other way around.
Neither spontaneous nor grassroots.
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The Jacobs Affair and the limits of Orthodoxy.
The size, frequency, and ferocity of the anti-Israel demonstrations that have cropped up across the West since the October 7 attacks have come as a shock to many—especially given the proliferation of Hamas and Hizballah symbols and slogans. But these are not simply the outgrowth of popular sentiment. Limor Simhony Philpott points to the conclusions of a new report on the forces behind the anti-Israel protests in the UK:
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