@Alon I don’t know how I can persuade you of how unpopular Israel has become beyond a pretty hard political right in the United States, and how difficult a task even liberal Zionists accustomed to defending Israel face not just because others are raucous or antisemitic, but because it is hard not to concede that it is an exercise in defending the indefensible. It is a message you are extremely reluctant to hear, but it is true nevertheless.