The end of the Vietnam war and the collapse of the Soviet Union left a lacuna for the protesting classes.Where was the revolution to identify with,where was the cause with which to berate the West?

Palestine was a godsend for the sandalists,a cause with which to identify,shoulder to shoulder with the oppressed,a stone to throw at The Great Satan Inc and an admixture of traditional antisemitism.If Palestine hadn’t existed they would have had to make it up.