The Israeli leadership sees its war against Hamas as one element of a broader geopolitical rearrangement driven by Russia, China and Iran – and says the West should be worried.
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But now Israel says it expects much more from its allies. Its leadership paints Israel’s current conflict as one element of a broader geopolitical“We are just the start, you are next,” said one senior figure. “Australia has to be very aware of a new order.” They added: “It requires world leaders to stand up and not be fearful of social media flare-ups.
The wider question is how Israel is coping under the strain of a lengthening war, as well as international condemnations over the civilian death toll. Many show signs of deep frustration over the slow and costly pace of progress in Gaza, as well as the ongoing attacks out of Lebanon into the north. And then there’s the wider psychic toll. In a country of just 9 million, the scale of the massacres and abductions on October 7 are many multiples greater – in per capita terms – than the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in America. People tell you that there is nobody in this country not directly linked in some way to the victims or fallen soldiers of the war. “I have not smiled since October 6”, is a common refrain.
Nobody in Israel is under any illusion that it can bomb the death-cult of Hamas out of existence. But there is no alternative, they say, to obliterating the military capability of Hamas and its political regime. This would embolden other terror groups across the region, weakening the growing list of Israeli allies forged by the Abraham Accords, led by Egypt and Jordan.
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