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Thursday, 12 November 2026 ·2 Jumada II 1448 AH — Jerusalem 11:15

Isolation of the Entity: When Boycotting the Occupation Becomes a Badge of Honour on the International Stage

A radical shift in the global political landscape: boycotting the entity has become a badge of honour and a political asset for states, amid the erosion of its international legitimacy and accelerating diplomatic isolation.

Alaa Abu Amer Opinion & Writers2 min read
Isolation of the Entity: When Boycotting the Occupation Becomes a Badge of Honour on the International Stage

It is no longer hidden from anyone that the global political landscape is witnessing a radical shift in its approach to the entity. While the entity had long been accustomed to diplomatic protection from its Western sponsors and traditional allies, reports and analyses in the Zionist newspaper Haaretz record a new and troubling reality for the ruling circles there: that *the countries of the world, governments and peoples alike, have come to view taking firm stances against the entity — above all boycott in its various forms — as a “political asset”* and a moral credit they proudly display before their peoples and the international community.

*This shift not only expresses a decline in blind support for the occupation’s policies, but represents an overturning of the traditional political equation.* For after governments had once weighed a thousand calculations over the repercussions of any step criticising the entity for fear of ready-made accusations or pressure, today they take the reduction of relations, the freezing of arms agreements, or the imposition of diplomatic restrictions as a winning card with which they bolster their legitimacy before their peoples, who are increasingly voicing their rejection of the ongoing violations.

This accelerating erosion of international legitimacy perhaps reveals a deep crisis afflicting Zionist diplomacy, as its aggressive policies on the ground have turned into a heavy political burden that embarrasses even its most committed ally historically bound to protect it. For when solidarity with the entity becomes an accusation and disavowal of its policies becomes a political virtue, this confirms that the wall of isolation is no longer merely a slogan raised by popular movements, but has become an institutional international path imposed by considerations of justice and international law.

 *The change in the global mood toward the entity reflects a late but profound moral awakening, confirming that military arrogance and racist policies cannot be covered by alliances forever*, and that the price of occupying, oppressing and seeking to exterminate and ethnically cleanse peoples has become exorbitant even at the international and moral level.

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