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Not-So-Hidden Agenda Behind ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Protests: the End of Israel and Support for Hamas 

Every single demonstration I have seen also features signs calling for the end of Israel as a genocidal, apartheid, colonialist state.

AP/Andrew Medichini, file
Protesters at Rome, October 28, 2023. AP/Andrew Medichini, file
ALAN DERSHOWITZ
ALAN DERSHOWITZ

The protests against Israel around the world purport to be demanding a ceasefire, but that is not their real agenda. The not-so-hidden agenda is a demand for the end of Israel and support for Hamas. The protests began the day after the Hamas massacres of 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of more than 200. 

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ALAN DERSHOWITZ
ALAN DERSHOWITZ

Mr. Dershowitz is professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. He has written 52 books, more than 1,000 articles, and has successfully litigated hundreds of cases, half of them pro bono. He is the author, most recently, of the book 'War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism' and of 'Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law.'

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