Netanyahu and the Zionists are moving towards collapse

At a time when Netanyahu's coalition cabinet is at its most fragile due to the Gaza ceasefire and its consequences, criticism of the Prime Minister of the occupying regime in Jerusalem is growing wider and deeper day by day.

62 percent of people living in the occupied territories, according to the survey, think that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ought to step down because he is to blame for the mistakes that resulted in the October 7, 2023 attack (Operation Al-Aqsa Storm). Many Zionists are also extremely unhappy with how the war in Gaza has been handled and the loss to Hamas and Hezbollah. Just 29% of people living in the occupied territories support Netanyahu staying at the top of Tel Aviv's power structure, and 19% have stated that they don't care about the matter or don't have an opinion.

While 31% of Tel Aviv's current coalition's supporters also want Netanyahu to step down, 93% of opposition voters favor his resignation. The total of these numbers demonstrates that Netanyahu has become a symbol of failure and ruin and has lost support even among his former supporters as a result of his inability to keep promises like destroying Hamas, fully occupying the Gaza Strip, and freeing all Zionist prisoners without a ceasefire agreement.

Another important issue is related to the opposition that has formed in the Likud party, which has somewhat intensified the whispers of an internal coup against him. 18 percent of voters in Netanyahu's Likud party also believe that he should step down as soon as possible due to the events of the last 16 months to avoid further costs for his party.

Netanyahu has continuously declined to take accountability and has instead blamed the army, despite criticism. On the other hand, Netanyahu's claim is not supported by reports and documents released by the occupying regime's media and official institutions in Jerusalem. Additionally, according to the survey, only 28% of Israelis think that the ceasefire in Gaza and the prisoner exchange agreement are being fully implemented.

Importantly, most families and relatives of Zionist prisoners are also deeply dissatisfied with the unilateral concessions that Netanyahu made in order to conclude the ceasefire agreement (and without releasing most of the prisoners). The poll also showed that if the elections were held today, the opposition bloc would win 59 of the 120 Knesset seats, while Netanyahu's coalition would win 51. Arab parties are expected to win 10 seats in the Knesset.

Gaza's executioner in a stalemate

The equation in Tel Aviv has become complicated against Netanyahu. This complexity has doubled the whispers of the collapse of the prime minister's cabinet. Yoav Gallant, the former Minister of War of the occupying regime of Jerusalem when he was still in Netanyahu's coalition cabinet, repeatedly emphasized that the equation of the war in Gaza was more complicated than people like Ben-Gweir and Smotrich imagined, and that Netanyahu would have to make painful decisions in order to free the Zionist prisoners.

Gallant meant by these painful decisions, accepting Hamas' demands on the way to concluding a ceasefire agreement. In more telling terms, Gallant realized in the midst of the battle and the Gaza genocide that the destruction of the Palestinian resistance, the complete occupation of Gaza, and the release of Zionist prisoners without concluding a ceasefire agreement are impossible goals that relying on will only lead to an exponential increase in the costs of Tel Aviv's defeat in the war.

Now, Netanyahu has been forced to accept such a painful decision (in Gallant's words) based on the inevitability of the field and the current hypertextual events in the region and the international system! Netanyahu has now become an example of a complete failure in Tel Aviv, and this issue is not digestible even for his party members! The certain fate of recent political developments in the occupied territories is the official defeat of the Zionists on the battlefield against the Palestinian resistance.

Hamas's show of power

In the meantime, Hamas's show of power cannot be easily ignored. Now Hamas is present in the Gaza Strip and is even trying to outline the dimensions of its new governance in this geographical and strategic area. It has even reached the point where Netanyahu's party members (in the Likud party) believe that there is no longer any room for turning the recent defeat of the occupying regime in Jerusalem into a victory in Gaza, and that they must come to terms with the specifics of the post-war period in Gaza, even if it is bitter for the Zionists.

On the other hand, people like Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, as opponents of Netanyahu, believe that if he had wanted to accept such an agreement (the Gaza ceasefire agreement) in the current style and context, he could have complied with it seven months ago and not have increased the military and field costs of the battle in Gaza to such an extent.