The political researcher, Muhammad Diab, in his interview with Al-Akhbar, believes that Israel "can no longer bear the price of increasing international anger", and that its ability to absorb and withstand pressure "has begun to decline". Moreover, according to him, the American "firewall" failed to "fend off the growing waves of international criticism and demands." Diav points out that the Gaza issue "is no longer limited to political and diplomatic circles, but has jumped to the heart of the public debate in many European countries, and has become present in the concerns of American voters", which will present Israel with another challenge, with the decline of the traditional tools of influence on which it used to rely, primarily AIPAC and other pressure groups.
Diab attributes this change to the scenes coming from Gaza, which reflect the scope of the humanitarian disaster, while the last of them puts "Israel is once again facing a wave of international and popular anger very similar to that which accompanied scenes of famine". He believes that Israel "will not be able to bear the price of this on the political and moral level, especially with the growing boycott campaigns, and the emergence of indications that certain countries and governments are moving from popular pressure to punitive and political measures."