Hebrew circles believe that the petition of protests against the war, which began with the Air Force and reached other sensitive institutions such as Mossad and then the elite community, first of all reflects the depth of the rift in Israeli society and the growing crisis of distrust between society and the military and political establishment.
According to Ashura News, citing Tasnim, in an unprecedented scene, the Zionist regime is witnessing increasing protests that have gone beyond the regime's military and security institutions and have reached the elite community, including academics, doctors, writers, and others, where they all demand an end to the Gaza war and the immediate return of Israeli prisoners.
Dimensions of the great Zionist protest against the continuation of the war
This wave of protests began on April 9, when more than 1,200 pilots and air force reservists signed a petition refusing to continue serving in protest of the continuation of the Gaza war and the endangerment of the lives of Israeli prisoners in this strip. Among the protesters are former chiefs of staff of the Israeli army and senior officers of the regime.
More than 1,800 people, including former presidents of Ben-Gurion, Tel Aviv, and Ariel universities, also issued their protest petition in this regard on April 11. The wave of protests spread like a snowball throughout Zionist society, and in addition to the Air Force units, Navy officers, armored forces, reserve forces, and graduates of the Internal Security Academy, etc., it also reached the regime's elite, and they all emphasized: We reject the war and demand the immediate return of the prisoners.
But the biggest shock that came to the Zionist authorities in these protests was that elements from within the Mossad intelligence service also joined the wave of protests against the war; where 250 former employees of the intelligence service, including three of its former heads, prepared a protest petition and declared their opposition to the war.
Elite units such as Sheldag, Shaitat 13, and retired police officers and former commissioners also joined these protest petitions.
Among the most prominent signatories of these petitions are former Mossad heads such as Danny Yatom, Avraham Halevi, and Tamir Pardo.
More than 3,000 employees in the Israeli health sector, along with Nobel Prize winners, 1,700 artists, and hundreds of writers and poets, have signed protest petitions to this end, calling for an end to the war.
At the university level, 3,500 academics, 3,000 education sector employees, and 1,000 students joined these protest petitions.
How was the depth of the internal divide in Zionist society revealed?
These petitions are no longer merely symbolic statements, but rather express the state of dissatisfaction and division and rift deep within the Zionist regime, especially in its elite society, which has always been the most important factor in its survival for decades, at the same time as the shaky negotiations over the release of prisoners and increasing internal pressure to end the war.
In the absence of a clear political perspective for concluding the negotiations and ending the war, the wave of protests among Zionists has become an indicator of a deep divide in Israeli society that could disrupt its equations.
Regarding the significance of these movements and protests, there are common interpretations and analyses among Hebrew circles that believe that this trend reflects an internal split in the institutions of Israeli power and shows the depth of the social divide and the state of political polarization.
Zionist analysts believe that the signing of protest petitions by members of elite military and security units who oppose the continuation of the war indicates an exceptional development in the Israeli military institution, because Israel has rarely witnessed internal protests of this magnitude from within its military and security institutions.
The Great Crisis of Zionist Distrust in the Political and Military Establishment
These analysts emphasize that the protest petitions against the war indicate a loss of trust in the political leadership and military command of Israel, and that a large part of society, especially the elite, has lost trust in the cabinet and the army. The protest petitions issued by Israeli military and civilian institutions indicate the intensification of protests and internal pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet to complete the prisoner exchange agreement through political channels after more than a year and a half of inconclusive war.
Israel Ziv, a reserve general of the Zionist regime’s army, announced: The petitions demanding an end to the war and the return of prisoners from Gaza do not indicate a call for disobedience; rather, they indicate a growing crisis of trust between Israelis and the cabinet.
This Zionist general, who previously held important positions such as commander of the Infantry and Paratroopers Division, commander of the Gaza Division, and head of the operations department of the Israeli army, emphasized in an article published on the Israeli TV channel 12: "Those who have signed the protest petitions are elites of the military and security institutions, and this expresses deep concern about the failure of the Israeli political leadership in managing the war and the prisoner issue."
He sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: "The signatories of these petitions do not trust Netanyahu because he exploits Israeli sentiments to serve his political agendas and personal goals and interests, and does not seek to return the prisoners from Gaza. Continuing the war in its current form without specific goals will lead to fatigue and exhaustion of the army, and this contradicts all the security principles and doctrines that Israel has adopted over the past decades."
Dr. Amir Blumenfeld, a physician and reserve colonel of the Israeli army, also emphasized in an article titled "We are now in moments when silence is betrayal," that critical moments like the one we are experiencing today do not allow for silence or hesitation, and the cabinet's lack of determination to return Israeli prisoners from Gaza requires all Israelis to assume their responsibility in this regard.
He continued: "Those who do not attend the protests and are silent and indifferent are in fact traitors and have abandoned the principle of mutual solidarity; especially since moral values in Israel are gradually being destroyed."
The Zionist general clarified that the issue of returning Israeli prisoners from Gaza is not related to the political division between the right and the left in Israeli society, but to Israel's fundamental commitment to its settlers.
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