Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine) 20.04.2026
Israel’s isolation in the world is increasing. The majority of the American population is supporting the Palestinian people and oppose the Zionist wars. Even in European countries, which in the past uncritically supported Israel under pressure from the masses, they are forced to turn their backs on the Zionist monster
During the war against the Lebanese people, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Taiani arrived in Beirut. The visit took place a few days after the extensive attacks carried out by Israel throughout Lebanon, including in the center of Beirut, without prior warning. The wave of attacks was dubbed “Black Wednesday” in the world. According to the Zionist army, which is known to be a liar, 250 Hezbollah fighters were killed in the attacks. The total number of victims, according to Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry, reached 357. Hundreds of civilians were wounded.
Before Tayani’s visit to Lebanon, Zionist Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar preached to him. He said that “in this successful attack, more than 200 Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated, with an effort to minimize harm to non-combatants.” Saar lectured to Taiani on why Israel opposes a ceasefire in Lebanon: “Granting status to Iran to decide when there will be a ceasefire in Lebanon is a serious mistake that will only strengthen its grip on Lebanon.” Three days after the talk, Trump forced Israel to agree to a ceasefire, but in practice, Israel is tightening its grip on southern Lebanon and destroying villages, and in some houses and roads explosive devices that kill and injure the occupation soldiers.
After his arrival in Beirut, Taiani expressed that he had come to express solidarity in the face of “the unacceptable Israeli attacks on the civilian population.” That evening, the Italian ambassador to Israel, Luca Ferrari, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, where he was told that the vast majority of those injured on the Lebanese side were terrorists and stressed the suffering of the residents of the north in Israel. The next day, Meloni suspended the memorandum of understanding between Italy and Israel. As an Italian source explained, following the government’s policy from the early stages of the Gaza war: not to sell weapons to Israel.
The Zionist army also harms UNIFIL
In Italy, the incidents of the Zionist army against UNIFIL are not seen as accidents, a large part of the UNIFIL soldiers are Italians. Even the photograph of a Zionist soldier of the statue of Jesus does not help Israel image to the Europeans.
The war with Iran has a negative impact on Italy’s economy, which is highly dependent on fuel from the Gulf and especially natural gas from Qatar, and it forces Meloni to differentiate herself even more from Trump and Netanyahu in the face of local public opinion that is highly critical of Israel – a sentiment that has developed against the backdrop of the genocide in Gaza and is only intensifying in light of Israel’s war crimes in the West Bank and Lebanon.
The war also had an impact in Hungary. Viktor Orban, an ardent supporter of Israel, lost the elections in Hungary. Even German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a conversation with Netanyahu that he was deeply concerned about the situation in the West Bank, made it clear that “there should be no de facto annexation” and even tweeted about it on his X account. The response of the minister in charge of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, Bezalel Smotrich, was that the chancellor should “apologize a thousand times in the name of Germany instead of teaching us morality on how to treat the Nazis of our generation” and that the Germans “will not imprison us again in ghettos. Certainly not on our land.” At the same time, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Yehiel Leiter, insulted France by calling it “unfavorable” and said that the goal was not to let the French get closer to negotiations with Lebanon.
Isolation takes concrete forms in a number of areas, from the insecurity felt by Israeli tourists in Europe to the difficulties encountered by the security establishment in importing weapons. The enactment of the death penalty law intended for Palestinians only, the war with Iran, which has been criticized in Europe from wall to wall, the widespread harm to civilians in Lebanon, the rising violence in the West Bank, and the lack of a solution to the crisis in Gaza – all these are the result of Israel’s actions, which ceases to be a strategic asset for Europe and becomes a burden.
So far, the EU has approved two sanctions packages against nine Israelis, including Elisha Yared, Yinon Levy and Bentzi Gopstein, and five extremist organizations, including Lehava and Order 9, but since 2024 attempts to expand the list have been blocked by Orbán. Hungary’s elected leader, Peter Mediar, said that under his rule, the country would remove the automatic veto and examine each case on its own merits.
There is already a partial suspension of the association agreement between Israel and the EU, which is now expected to escalate. In contrast to the imposition of personal sanctions, the suspension of parts of the association agreement – for example, the suspension of the free trade agreement between the EU and Israel or the cessation of cooperation in the field of science and technology, which are critical to Israeli research and development – does not require consensus, but only a privileged majority. Germany and Italy, which have so far made sure to block moves against Israel. As Meloni pointed out to Israel, resilience is not forever.
Even before October 7, the author of this article based on the dialectical laws of history wrote that Israel has at most another 10 years to exist, and today, after the failure of the United States and Israel in the recent wars, there are increasing voices who think that Israel’s wars in Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon are the turning point that determines the beginning of the end of the Zionist monster and of American imperialism.