No hostage deal, no ceasefire – and following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, not even a joint statement with President Donald Trump. Hamas does not rely on Israel’s military, but rather on the deep rifts within Israeli society, on discord and division – a calculated move to further split the nation and increase domestic pressure on the government. The real Achilles’ heel is not the war itself, but the inability to stand together as a people – and the enemy ruthlessly exploits this. A country caught between hope and stagnation, between the will to fight and political deadlock. There was a glimmer of hope in the air, but now Israel stands at a crossroads. The people are growing impatient. The leadership hesitates, and from the shadows of the enemy, cunning emerges. But perhaps it is precisely this moment of hardship that could give birth to a new unity – if we could only find the courage to stop fighting against one another and start fighting together against the real enemies.
A senior official in the Prime...
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