![Ultra-Right vis-à-vis the Military; Netanyahu’s Bloody Vertigo in Israeli Politics [Part I]](https://al-sarira.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/im-960972.jpg)
The Israeli army is still keeping up with the attack in Gaza while the country’s Prime Minister has been lobbying the US Congress to back Israel’s attack on the Palestinian territory for the last week. However, the appearance of unity of intent belies the truth, which is a widening gulf between the administration and the troops.
According to some, this indicates that Israel’s early cohesiveness during the Gaza War is no longer present. Sometimes the discrepancies are visible to the public. They have focused most lately on the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students in Israel; many secular Israelis and military generals favor drafting them alongside other Jews. However, a crucial component of Netanyahu’s administration are ultra-Orthodox factions that reject service. Disputes about how to carry out and terminate the war, however, may be of more significance at the time.
Daniel Hagari, the spokesman for the Israeli military, stated last month that “whoever thinks we can eliminate Hamas is wrong.” The issue is that the prime minister is one of those individuals. It is obvious that one of Netanyahu’s demands for putting an end to a conflict is the elimination of Hamas. Some prominent Israeli figures disagree on a broader basis, which includes this critique. Yoav Gallant, the defense minister running the war in Gaza, has asked if any preparations exist to conclude the battle, which started last year.
While the military had revealed plans for regular strategic breaks in battle back in June, Netanyahu held his own censure for the armed forces. Netanyahu had told the army that the act was inappropriate, according to a cited Israeli source. There has always been a gulf between the Israeli army and the country’s right-wing leadership. But as the extreme right is representing the administration, they are very prevalent right now.
Far-Right Emerence
The far-right settlement groups have emerged from the periphery of Israeli political structure to the center of societal and political affairs in the last twenty years or more. Senior cabinet posts are occupied by former backers of Jewish factions that are outlawed as “terrorist” organizations. Remarkably, they haven’t made any effort to renounce their previous associations.
The extreme right’s members not only have an enthusiastic and frequently hostile constituency, but they also control a large number of Israeli institutions. It encompassed the school system and law enforcement, and its grip on Israeli military, which has always been secular, was becoming increasingly noticeable.
Extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are attempting to effectively block any national stratagem by vowing time and time again to quit and bring down Israel’s politically weak ruling alliance.
It involves any possible agreement on a truce in Gaza. Netanyahu has made the decision to disregard Westerners who are pleading with him to cease the war, which is unpopular worldwide. In actuality, he is more afraid of the far right’s fury. Israeli prime minister is facing legal issues, and it might be expensive for him to lose the shield that comes with the position he currently holds.
The far right has always had a negative opinion of the military. Instead, it is a result of the military’s involvement in the 2005 expulsion of the illegal Israeli colonies from Gaza, a decision that was fiercely opposed by the settlement communities. Additionally, there is a continued, if occasionally tense, connection between the armed forces and the settlers in the West Bank, which has been under army administration since 1967.
