War choices in Netanyahu in Israel because of the fate of the prisoners in Gaza Israeli conflict news

To prioritize the release of prisoners in Gaza, or to continue fighting what critics call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “war forever” – and this is the question that increases Israel.

It seems that the government of Israel, which focuses on the laser on the idea of ​​a complete victory against Hamas in Gaza, chooses the latter.

This only increases the criticism that Netanyahu has received since October 2023, first for his government’s failure to stop the October 7 attack, then fail to end the 19 -month war now, or to provide a clear vision of what appears to be the “next day” in Gaza.

Netanyahu’s decision in March to end the unilateral ceasefire instead of continuing an agreement that would bring the remaining prisoners at home had expanded cracks within Israeli society, where the opponents realized that the possibility that the prisoners who left Gaza would be more alive.

In recent weeks, a wave of writing open messages has emerged from inside the military units in protest against the government’s priorities.

Disturbance also gained the force of traction with the audience. Earlier this month, thousands of Israelis gathered Outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu’s decision to benefit from 60,000 reserve soldiers as part of his escalation against the besieged and besieged Palestinian pocket of Gaza, where his forces have already killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, and many of them are women and children.

In mid -April, the current and former Air Force members, one of the elite units in Israel, issued a speech, claiming that the war served “political and personal interests” of Netanyahu, “not a wish.”

Motivated by the Air Force, similar protests came from members of the naval forces and elite units within the Foreign Security Agency in the army and Israel, Musad.

Political and personal interests

Accusations that Netanyahu is manipulating the war because of its personal ends preceding the breaking of the ceasefire.

In the minds of his critics, the more the war continues, the more Netanyahu feels that he can defend himself against the many threats of his position and even his freedom.

In addition to facing the trial on many charges Corruption dates back to 2019He also faces calls for an investigation into the government’s political failures before the October 7 attack.

Netanyahu also faces accusations that members of his office claim that they have pushed Qatar – the Gulf state has previously rejected these allegations as a “distortion campaign” aimed at hindering the efforts made to mediate the end of the conflict.

The continuation of the war on Netanyahu allows those issues, while preserving a coalition with right-wing right-wing parties that made it clear that any end of the war without a complete victory-which seems to include increasingly the ethnic cleansing in Gaza-will lead to their departure from the government, and a decline in stink.

Thus, there are questions about whether Netanyahu’s announcement of an additional escalation in Gaza, including the occupation of its territory and the displacement of its inhabitants, will represent the limit of the conflict, or simply a swamp in Israel in a kind of war forever that was so far in favor of Netanyahu.

“I do not know whether they are able to occupy the region,” said the former US Special Forces Commander, Colonel Seth Kremish of the International International Security Company of Al -Jazeera.

“It also competes with a wave of growing (home) toxicity. When the soldiers do not return to the home, or do not go, this will tear from the fabric of Israeli society. He plays at every dinner table.”

Stay home

Israeli media reports indicate that part of this toxicity plays in a number of reserve soldiers simply not appearing for the duty.

Most of those who reject the service are believed to be “gray companions”. This means that the reserve soldiers who do not have any ideological objection to mass killings in Gaza, but they are exhausted from repeated tours, away from their families and their jobs to support the war without a clear end.

Official numbers of reserve soldiers rejected the duty unknown. However, in the middle of March, the Israeli national broadcaster, Kan, managed a report that ignores the official numbers, which claimed that more than 80 percent of the one that was called for the duty had attended, indicating that the actual number was closer to 60 percent.

“There was a steady increase in rejection among the reserve soldiers,” said a new organization spokesman, which supports people who refuse to recruit. “However, we often see sharp mutations in response to specific transformations in the policy of the Israeli government, such as violating the ceasefire or recent public statements by officials who indicate that the primary goal of the military campaign is no longer the return of the hostages and” the destruction of Hamas, as he claimed initially, instead of the occupation of Gaza, and its cleaning of wealth. “

Also, without treatment is increasing from the general discontent with the very religious Haridi community, which has been exempted from eight decades Military service was considered illegal By the Supreme Court in June last year.

Despite the shortage of reserve reports on Duty and others after they suffered from repeated publications.

Throughout the war, Netanyahu was escalated, although he resisted by the families of the prisoners and their allies, and it encouraged his allies from the extreme right, many of whom claim the right of the biblings in the Palestinian homes and land.

The clear conflict between the welfare of the prisoners and the “complete victory” that Netanyahu promised has succeeded in nearly the same conflict, as it seems that every moment of division strengthens the position of the Prime Minister through the monetary support for the superior elements in the cabinet.

Netanyahu’s position led to a conflict with politicians, including former Defense Minister Yuf Galent. While Gallent was not in principle – his active support for Netanyahu ultimately led to his joining Netanyahu in the face of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court of War crimes – priority to prisoners at odds with the Prime Minister.

The gap on the priorities means that the entry between the government and the families of the prisoners has increased out of the window, as Netanyahu generally avoids meeting families with their loved ones in Gaza, and the right -wing extremist politicians participating in screaming with them during parliament meetings.

The division within Israeli society was not new.

“Now we have a position in which some people have served anywhere up to 400 days in the army (as a reserve reaction), while others refuse to serve at all and exploit their political power within the coalition to do so.”

“In another place, there are ministers on the extremist right who talk about” sacrifice “with the hostages for military gains,” which McClberg said that many consider many of the principles of the country and Jewish faith.

“There is such a toxicity in public discourse,” Michelberg continued, “We see a toxicity against anyone who criticizes the war or the prime minister, the division between secular and religious, then even divisions within religious movements.”