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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Based on my understanding, there's two considerations:

  1. I don't think most Israelis expect Arab neighbors to actually care about the Palestinians. They reason that many of the citizens in those countries are mad, but leaders are all corrupt and can be bought off or manipulated.

  2. There's a general mania for war, and a belief that they can just threaten or kill anyone who tries to stop them.

It's all insane. The general Israeli public is heavily propagandized and traumatized. I think it's possible that experts might eventually categorize this period as a mass hysteria event among Israeli Jews.

Just to add some additional context, it's rarely discussed in America, but Israeli society is getting torn apart by all of this. Not over political disagreements (sadly genocide has become overwhelmingly popular) but this state of constant war is destroying their economy, their labor force, their international collaborations, and the general mental health of their society. It's obviously nothing compared to what their victims in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank are going through, but the population within Israel is setting fire to their own society in their lust for blood.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Thank you for the insight, that was a great bit of info that i had no idea about. Even with free internet access, i find its still really hard to break out of the bubble and learn these things.