Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida, a former minister and expert on Israeli affairs, has expressed concern regarding the dangerous security situation in Israel. He highlights that there are recurring operations and individual attacks taking place, and this is coinciding with the Jewish holidays, including Easter. Abu Zaida explains that this is having a fatal effect on the Israelis’ morale and the extreme right-wing government. He notes that following three months, things have worsened, and there are divisions in Israeli society which have put Netanyahu in a bad position.
Israeli media has reported that an Italian tourist was killed, and five foreigners were injured in a run-over attack in Tel Aviv. A young man carried out the attack near the seaside, and he was shot by security forces. The perpetrator of the attack was from one of the cities within the Palestinian interior. In response, Netanyahu has instructed the recruitment of reserve forces and additional border guards.
In contrast, Dr. Bilal Al-Shobaki, Head of the Political Science Department at Hebron University, argues that these operations are not new but rather have been escalating since the Israeli occupation began. He claims that the Netanyahu government is facing a fundamental dilemma as it presents itself as being able to ensure calm in the Gaza arena but is surprised by Palestinian operations. These are not motivated organizationally but rather are a result of the damage inflicted on the Palestinians by the occupation. Al-Shobaki argues that Israel is now reaping what it has sowed in the last period.
Ahmed Al-Maslamani, Head of the Cairo Center for Studies, believes that the Israeli occupation army carries out intermittent wars and repeated attacks once morest the Palestinians because it believes this will lead to their despair concerning independence and the establishment of a state. He points out that the year 2023 witnessed the formation of a new Israel; a religious state represented by a change in thought and identity. Al-Maslamani emphasizes that this has created a religious proposition, and things are bound to become more complicated with the presence of extremist parties in Israeli circles.
Prior to the run-over attack in Tel Aviv, an official in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned that the escalation had ended as long as no rockets were fired at Israel. Netanyahu had earlier stated that the cabinet had taken decisions in Gaza and Lebanon, but he did not disclose any details.
Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida, the former minister and expert on Israeli affairs, said that the security situation in Israel is very dangerous with the recurring operations and individual operations, especially as they come at a fatal time coinciding with the beginning of the Jewish holidays, including Easter.
He explained that this sensitive timing has a fatal effect on the morale of the Israelis and on the extreme right-wing government that came to open its chest and say that it is able to achieve and bring security to the Israelis, but following 3 months things have become worse than they were, in addition to the divisions in Israeli society, which caused It puts Netanyahu in a bad position.
An Italian tourist was killed and 5 others, all foreigners, were injured in a run-over operation in Tel Aviv. And Israeli media reported that a young man carried out a run-over attack near the seaside in Tel Aviv, before the security forces shot him.
And the Israeli media added that the perpetrator of the attack was from one of the cities in the Palestinian interior.
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued instructions to recruit reserve forces and additional forces for the border guards in light of the security escalation.
For his part, Dr. Bilal Al-Shobaki, Head of the Political Science Department at Hebron University, said that these operations did not begin only these days, but since the Israeli occupation began to escalate, whether in Jerusalem, the West Bank, or other Palestinian cities.
Al-Shobaki indicated that the Netanyahu government is now facing a fundamental dilemma, as he presents himself as being able to arrange the situation at the regional level to ensure calm in the Gaza arena, and now he is surprised by Palestinian operations that are not motivated organizationally, which is a development capable of confusing the Israeli street and the security and military establishment, more than operations. carried out by the higher military echelons.
He explained that such actions and operations are motivated and fraught with the damage inflicted on the Palestinians by the occupation, and what is happening in Al-Aqsa Mosque and others, indicating that Israel is reaping what it sowed in the last period.
He said that Israel is now between two questions, which are regarding what it can do, and what it can bear. Regarding the first question, Israel can do a lot according to its military capabilities, but can it afford to open all these fronts at the same time? The answer is that, despite its military capabilities, Israeli society is not prepared to receive a massive reaction on several fronts simultaneously, whether from southern Lebanon, Gaza or the Palestinian interior.
Al-Shobaki indicated that individual operations are difficult to predict and control, and that there is no party that the Israeli government can negotiate with, such as Hamas or Fatah, for example.
In turn, Ahmed Al-Maslamani, head of the Cairo Center for Studies, said: “There are intermittent wars and repeated attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation army once morest the Palestinians,” explaining that Israel believes that with such actions, the Palestinians reach a stage of despair in independence and the establishment of a state, and it tries to impose a new reality favorable to the Israeli vision.
He pointed out that the year 2023 witnessed the formation of a new Israel, a religious state. In the past, Israel was a mixture of extremist components and a secular state in the Western style, but now we are facing an extremist government, an extremist religious state, and extremist religious parties that rise every day in Israeli circles.
Al-Maslamani hinted by saying, “We are facing a new Israel other than the Israel of the past, represented by a change in thought and identity that is formed on a religious basis, and then we are facing a religious proposition, and then things will be more complicated with the presence of an extremist current in Israel that takes over.”
Earlier today, prior to the run-over attack in Tel Aviv, an official in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the escalation has ended as long as no rockets are fired at Israel.
Netanyahu had said earlier that the cabinet had taken a series of decisions in Gaza and Lebanon, the details of which he did not disclose.
In conclusion, the ongoing security situation in Israel remains a cause for concern as individual attacks continue to plague the country, especially during sensitive times such as the beginning of Jewish holidays. This has had a fatal effect on the morale of the Israelis and their extreme right-wing government, which has struggled to bring security to its citizens. The recent run-over attack in Tel Aviv is just one example of these recurring operations. Experts suggest that Israel is now facing a fundamental dilemma, as it presents itself as being able to arrange the situation at the regional level to ensure calm in the Gaza arena, but is now surprised by Palestinian operations that are not motivated organizationally, creating confusion within the Israeli street and the security and military establishment. It remains to be seen how Israel will address this ongoing crisis, especially with its new, more extremist religious government, and whether it can afford to open all these fronts at once.
