It took me longer than I care to admit to figure out that this was referencing checkers instead of chess

Pretending the state of Israel isn’t a form of regional power doesn’t make it go away.

Don’t get me wrong, Israel has shown time and again that it does not deserve that power and must be dismantled. But that doesn’t sound like what the law is talking about.

Maybe I’m being overly pedantic about the language in use

Denial of Israel as in saying it doesn’t exist, or that it shouldn’t?