Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week gave a bold wartime speech filled with biblical allusions to ancient Jewish victories over their adversaries as Israelis got ready to celebrate Passover.
A few hours later, Iran launched one of the most intense bombardments of the war, upending the festive atmosphere and exposing the discrepancy between Netanyahu’s triumphant rhetoric and the actual situation in Iran more than a month into the US-Israeli combat.
Yair Lapid, the head of the opposition, quickly responded with a video of his own, calling Netanyahu’s remarks “arrogant.” Lapid pointed out that Khamenei, Iran’s top leader, was firing ballistic missiles at Israel before to the start of the war. Not much has changed after a month. Netanyahu is incapable of making a calculated choice. He’s just not capable,” he remarked.
Five weeks into the conflict, the conversation reveals the widening gaps in Israel’s political establishment and populace as the government’s early-war optimism and unity start to wane. According to several surveys, the majority of Israelis still support the effort. However, popular trust in Israel’s capacity to achieve its declared goals in the conflict is rapidly declining.
The percentage of Israelis who think the US-Israeli campaign would cause the Iranian system to topple or be severely undermined has decreased from nearly 70% at the beginning of the conflict to 43.5%, according to a survey conducted by the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
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