Introduction Political acceptance is based on a successful struggle concerning the understanding of reality. In a conflict the issue is how the parties and the conflict are portrayed to the international public opinion. Eye witnesses on the spot, who are a danger to the credibility of the propagated image, represent a threat to an acceptance of the performed policy as justifiable. A strategic response is then, primarily, to prevent their presence and, secondarily, to limit it. Thirdly, their credibility ought to be undermined, if possible. The intention of this paper is to argue: – that Israel over the years has followed this strategy successfully in the Israeli – Palestinian conflict;– that this strategy is now in danger and may even be counterproductive, as the undertaken measures are meeting increasing criticism and resistance;– that this critique is formulated by the international community and particularly enacted by the civil society, consisting of...