Raph
Once again, the issue is portrayed as a bunch of extremists who took over Israel. This is not untrue, but it hides the fact that before these extremists were anywhere near power, Israel was already systematically dispossessing, colonizing, and brutalizing Palestinians.
Every Israeli I know hates Netanyahu, Israel's messianic far right, settlements, and settlers. And I mean HATES them.
But Israeli society is still overwhelmingly supportive of the war.
Misuse Case
@raph “Jewish Israelis have been like this the whole time” isn’t the full story, either.
Attitudes were different enough in the 90s that Israel had a prime minister willing to work out a peace deal with Palestinians, after all. To stop a peace deal, the Israeli right-wingers assassinated that PM.
Since then, and particularly in the past 20 years, they have promoted these kinds of attitudes among Jewish Israelis.
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Raph
There is nothing wrong with investigating the rise of Israel's far right. This is actually a good piece of reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/magazine/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html
The issue is the disproportionate focus on Netanyahu & the far right and the unwillingness to call out Israel and Zionism itself.
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Raph
Most Israeli Jews hate the messianic right & the settlers but still oppose sanctions against them for the extreme violence against Palestinians in the West Bank (which amount to actual pogroms). From a May 1-6 poll by the Israel Democracy Institute:
7/9
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/54052
Raph
The Israel Democracy Institute asked two more times, in December 2023 and March 2024, if Israel should consider the suffering of the civilian population in Gaza.
The results continued to be appalling: 80% of Israeli Jews think to a fairly small extent or not at all.
6/9
Raph
After 5 months of devastation, an overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews continue to support the war.
In a Feb 28th-Mar 4th poll, the Israel Democracy Institute found that 74% were in favor of a military operation in Rafah.
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/53305
5/9
Raph
In Jan, Israel's Channel 12 found that 72% of Israelis said “the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip must be stopped until the Israeli prisoners are released”. Collective punishment and using hunger as a weapon of war is fully normalized.
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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240131-72-of-israelis-say-aid-deliveries-to-gaza-must-be-stopped-survey-finds/
Raph
A poll by the Israel Democracy Institute between Dec 11–13 found that 81% of Israeli Jews thought that Israel should only consider the suffering of Gaza civilians to a fairly small or to a vert small extent.
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/51872
3/9
Raph
A poll by Tel Aviv University between Oct 23-28 asked Israelis whether the IDF was using too much or too little firepower in Gaza.
Only 2% of Jews said the IDF used too much firepower. 58% said Israel used too little firepower in Gaza.
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