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http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/09/growing-isolation-boycott-of-israel-crosses-to-governments-realm/Should Israel be worried? Very much so, for the age of total impunity is coming to an end. Critical voices of the Israeli occupation and mistreatment of Palestinians are rising not only within civil society circles, but among world governments as well.
The picture may seem grim if seen through the prisms of the recent US Republican and Democratic National Conventions. But the world is not the United States government, which is defined by self-serving politics and a quisling corporate media that often places Israeli interests over those of the US itself. Now with the decline of the US as an economic superpower, and as other countries and regional blocs jockey for an advanced position in the new world order, Israel is sure to suffer further isolation in coming years.
Almost daily new evidence is emerging to demonstrate this increasingly stark reality. Israels friends are fully aware of this, as are Israeli politicians. The emerging new realization is that money and power are rarely enough to buy legitimacy. South Africa is expectedly leading the way towards that new global paradigm shift, and others countries are following suit.
Recently, South Africas cabinet passed a decision requiring Israel to distinguish between products made in Israel and those made in illegal Jewish colonies in the West Bank. The decision was both politically sound and morally consistent with the countrys anti-apartheid legacy. It was also a natural progression of South Africas policies, which have reflected impatience with Israel through the years.