Analysts and writers believe that the war – launched by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip – has further inflamed internal disputes in Israel, and they point to the steadfastness of the Palestinian resistance and its ability to harm this occupation.
The senior researcher at Tel Aviv Tribune Center for Studies, Dr. Liqaa Makki, confirmed that the escalation of Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip increases fragmentation within Israel. He said that had it not been for the resistance, there would not have been the current dispute between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents, and Netanyahu would have been crowned champion and his coalition would have been victorious.
Makki spoke of a clear-cut defeat and a protracted war, which Israel did not imagine, and pointed out that this war caused exhaustion in Israel and in its ability to sustain international support for it.
Makki said – in his speech as part of the daily analytical pause, “Gaza… What’s next?” – that had it not been for the steadfastness of the resistance and its ability to inflict great harm on the Israeli army, internal disputes would not have emerged in Israel, and if they did exist, they would not have been so strong and clear.
For his part, the writer and specialist in Israeli affairs, Ihab Jabareen, said that Israel was on a hot plate before October 7, and this situation cast a shadow after this date, noting that the government coalition is not homogeneous.
He pointed out that Netanyahu surrounded his right-wing government with what he described as the mob, in reference to extremist ministers, and worked to make politics devoid of any substance over the course of a permanent decade, and completely destroyed the army institution, and therefore there were efforts to abandon it.
Jabareen said that Benny Gantz’s entry into Netanyahu’s government was to give some legitimacy and show that there is some kind of unity among Israeli politicians.
As for the expert in American affairs and international relations, Khaled Al-Tarani, he saw that Netanyahu failed and his government, which allied with Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, failed, and caused embarrassment to the United States, noting that October 7 was the culmination of this embarrassment.
Al-Tarani said that the defeat of the occupation in the Gaza Strip is a defeat for the Americans as well, and a military defeat at the strategic and tactical levels for both of them.
Moreover, Al-Taraani adds, Washington and Tel Aviv have become isolated at the international level, through the vote at the United Nations and the abandonment of Britain and France on the issue of preserving navigation in the Red Sea.
The international relations expert pointed out that there are differences between the administration of US President Joe Biden and Netanyahu personally, and if the latter had been winning the war, it would have been easier for him to use the Republican Party to put pressure on Biden.