Israelis were turning against the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu even before Hamas’s invasion. Over the past six months, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets against Netanyahu’s government and its controversial judicial reforms. Israel has been hit by strikes and road blocks and ministers have been heckled in the streets. In an unprecedented move, resistance even reached the army: some reservists vowed to refuse to serve in the Israeli army if the reform passed.
Since the atrocity of last weekend, fury at the Israeli government has become even more widespread.
When the war broke out, it was clear that Israel was caught napping. This caused an immediate widespread outcry against the government. In the months prior to the attack, considerable military forces had been diverted to the West Bank, where violence was on the rise. In part, this was because ministers in Netanyahu’s own government had been stirring up tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. As
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