I have tried to explain why the current protests, whilst on the surface seem like a good development, are actually deeply depressing upon closer scrutiny, because they have very little to do with the genocidal actions in Gaza or the pogroms in the West Bank.
They are almost entirely to do with the general public’s anger over Netanyahu’s handling of the hostage return efforts, the deep distrust of him specifically, and trying to create an appearance of moderation and “we’re better than this, really”, without having to actually be moderate or better than what Netanyahu has done thus far.
From the polling data I have seen, and the conversations I have had with friends and family in Israel recently, I am not sure the far-right would actually lose much ground if elections were held in the next month, which is a sobering realisation.
Yup, even those reservists who threatened to withhold their service because of judicial reforms Bibi’s gang were trying to push aren’t speaking up against the occupation in the West Bank, apartheid, a d obviously the issues in Gaza. At the moment there isn’t much appetite to talk about the systemic issues….