
Menachem Klein, professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University, says the Israeli army is trying to solve the “problem” of having a high number of wounded soldiers by drafting the ultra-Orthodox.
- “Not only the military soldiers fighting in Gaza face a problem, but the whole society is exhausted and suffers from post-trauma,” he told Al Jazeera from West Jerusalem.
- “This explains much of the Israeli public disregard about the heavy casualties the Israeli military inflicted and the war crimes it implemented in the Gaza Strip.”
Klein said the Gaza ceasefire talks not only represent an issue of negotiations between Israel, Hamas and mediators, but a power struggle within Israel.
- “My reading is that at this point, the person that faces more losses than Sinwar by agreeing to ceasefire is Netanyahu,” he said about the Hamas and Israeli leaders.
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“If Netanyahu makes a deal, he will be domestically seen as surrendering to pressure from Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and the General Staff of the army. I’m afraid he’s ready to take a gamble and face the risk of Hezbollah and Iran’s retaliation.”
Source: Al Jazeera