He exposed details of behind the scenes politics and called for a public boycott of the newspaper, evoking strong public sympathy for the journalists, expressed online in chatrooms and blogs.

For example, the seemingly benign Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, viewed by many of its supporters as a legitimate form of non violent resistance, has continued to gain ground. BDS s opponents (including me) regard the movement as a political subterfuge intended to bring about the implosion of the Jewish state.