Here are seven pieces of news from the last year that proponents of a less lopsided policy towards Israel/Palestine should find heartening.

1. Grassroots activists helped defeat one of Netanyahu’s top legislative priorities.
2. Student groups passed at least eight resolutionsin 2014 and there’s already a wave of divestment proposals being considered in 2015.
3. All eight of the candidates supported by Sheldon Adelson lost their elections.
4. Representative Eric Cantor lost his primary.
5. Representative Justin Amash won his election.
6. Senator Boxer was forced to acknowledge and challenge Israel’s discriminatory policies.
7. Even some evangelical’s are beginning to withdraw unconditional support for Israel’s policies.