In the 1980s support for Israel was absolute. This despite Israel sinking a U.S. Navy vessel and being engaged in high level espionage against the U.S. Now th

In the 1980s support for Israel was absolute. This despite Israel sinking a U.S. Navy vessel and being engaged in high level espionage against the U.S. Now that support is not absolute. This change has occurred slowly and at least in part has been accomplished by protests that raise “awareness”. I make no claims regarding whether or not Israel deserves our support. My goal here is to point out that protests can have lasting impacts on social perception. An individual protest accomplishes very little but thousands of them in support of a cause can and do accomplish things.