The danger is that the conflict slowburns into a wider one, with hostilities between Israel and Iran’s proxies accelerating, and knock-on consequences for inflation and Putin’s war in Ukraine.
The state of Israel was founded to ensure the physical survival of the Jewish people, not the political survival of one man. Netanyahu forgot the difference and will pay the price.
The current protests are economic in nature, but build on discontent and cynicism with a monarchy that stifles debate while failing to deliver improving living standards.
It conflates anti-semitism with legitimate criticism of Israel, itself found among many members of Britain’s Jewish community.