You've missed the point. He was stopped from crossing the road and this played into the politics he was hoping for. The police should've let him cross the road, the marchers should've ignored him and he's should've fucked off afterwards with his tail between his legs. The police BELIEVED that he might be in danger which suggests the police did not have the same opinion of the peaceable nature of the marchers as you did. Whether the police were correct or incorrect in their assertion is neither here nor there.

The optics of what was generated is that a Jewish man was prevented from crossing the road because the police believed he would be unsafe to do so. It is that belief which is the central question here. Is a pro-Zionist Jewish person safe to cross the road at a time of his choosing? Even if doing so is inflammatory? Even if he is doing it to bait violence? The answer is no.

As such he has succeeded in demonstrating the anti-semitism he needs to fuel his cause. This is why the left need to be careful with how the game is being played. I know plenty of Jewish people who are virulently opposed to Bibi and his war-games, but I also know those same Jewish people are concerned about a rise in anti-semitism.

The political situation is febrile and there are landmines aplenty. Falter is one of them.