Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a political backlash in Israel for the limited nature of Sunday’s airstrikes against Hezbollah, amid calls for a broader offensive in Lebanon.
Some of the fiercest criticism came from the far-right wing of the prime minister’s own fractious coalition, which is also increasingly divided over the status of Jerusalem’s holiest site.
Israel’s airstrikes and Hezbollah’s rocket and drone launches that followed soon after was the biggest cross-border engagement since the two sides fought a war in 2006 in terms of the number of aircraft sorties and munitions launched, though not in terms of casualties. Three Hezbollah and allied fighters were killed and one Israeli sailor, killed by fragments of an Israeli interceptor.
The criticism is coming from the centre to the far-right, though it’s been most intense from the right.
When talking about a government currently commiting a genocide there are no “center” politicians
There’s fascists and people willing to stand against them, that’s it bro.
It’s literally the only time an issue is that black and white, if someone tells you they can’t decide, it just means they’re not comfortable admitting to you that they support a genocide.
I think the thing of note here is that there are politicians that want an immediate end to the conflict in Gaza (Gantz, for ex.) who are calling for Netanyahu to escalate with Hezbollah. That makes it a bit more complex than the simple black-and-white you’ve drawn. It’s relatively easy to ignore Ben-Gvir and Smotrich – they constantly say horrific/idiotic shit and everyone hates them. Gantz, though, is extremely popular and the most likely person to succeed Netanyahu. He’s probably just looking to score some easy points on Netanyahu but it’s still harder pressure to ignore.