The Question of Israel’s Right to Exist is a Red Herring

The Question of Israel’s Right to Exist is a Red Herring

Israel’s critics should be talking instead about regime change.

Israeli military veterans wave national flags during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill, along a highway near Netanya on March 28, 2023. September 1, 2025, 6:00 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Some people around the world, including Jews traditionally supportive of Israel, are asking or being asked whether Israel any longer has a right to exist . The prevalence of these private and public conversations is a result of the Gaza war and the genocidal levels of violence and destruction associated with it; Israel’s attack on Iran and its expansion into Syria; Israel’s refusal to advance any plan for peace with its neighbors; and its opp