Civil war looms in Israel

It was a year ago this month that Bibi’s coalition of the unhinged announced their intention to “reform” the supreme court by making it subservient to the whims of politicians. Anti-government demonstrations began within days. Weekly demonstrations in Tel Aviv featured hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters. They were typically confronted by much smaller pro-government rallies. This went on for almost ten months. Then October 7 happened. All of Israel was instantly united. United in grief and rage and thirst for revenge. Bibi promised “a mighty vengeance.” Protests were over. How is Operation Mighty Vengeance working out? A week ago Israel announced its operations in the north of Gaza were over and they were withdrawing one of four battalions. Hamas promptly fired off a salvo off rockets into Israel – from the north of Gaza, just to point out nothing was over. That such a thing was possible after an unprecedented three month bombing campaign dumped over 10,000 tons of high explosives 24/7 came as a shock. Clearly, Israel is far from victory in Gaza. Netanyahu is not kidding when he says this could go on for a full year or longer. Alas, it’s looking more and more like the public isn’t willing to give him that year. Now that Palestinian deaths are approaching 25,000, the revenge lust is receding. People are coming to their senses. This war has inflicted generational damage to Israel’s public image. People are beginning to ask, to what end? Protests are back. Calls for ceasefire, negotiations, and the release of the hostages. The “war cabinet” is in open revolt. There is no support in the mainstream for another year of this butchery. It’s an economic disaster. It’s the deadliest engagement for the IDF in decades. Morale is plummeting. So why can’t they call a truce, negotiate the hostage release, call an election, and turn the page? Because that scenario would be seen as a Hamas victory by the hard-core Jewish supremacists who are the support base for Netanyahu’s coalition government. These are the people determined to slaughter the seed of Amalek to the last man, woman, and child, like the Torah tells them to. That’s the background for the coming civil war. Who will prevail? The liberals waving Pride flags at anti-government demos? Or the religious fanatics carrying out a divine plan?