Netanyahu under pressure as reservists speak out against Gaza war

In Gaza, Israel’s war is grinding, but the opposite is growing.

In recent weeks, Benjamin Netanahu’s government has signed a letter that demands to stop the battle and reach a contract to bring the other 59 figures again.

18 months ago, the Israelites rarely doubted the logic of war.

Many people have hoped that the war in January and more than 30 hostages will be the end of war.

But after Israel broke the ceasefire and returned to the war in mid -March, the hope rushed.

Danny Yatom, former director of Spy Agency Mossad, said, “We have come to the conclusion that Israel is going to a very bad place.”

“We understand that it is our own interests to bother Netana. I understand that his interests in stabilizing his interests and governments in the priority list are not hostages, not hostages.”

Many of those who have recently signed a letter are the long -term critics of the prime minister, just like Yatom. Some were involved in anti -government protests before the war broke out, following Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023.

But Yatom says that this is not the reason he decided to say.

“I signed in my name and I am participating in the protests for national reasons, not political reasons,” he said.

“I am worried that our country will get lost.”

The first open letter, published in early April, was signed by 1,000 Air Force reserve troops and retirees.

“The continuation of war will not contribute to any of the declared goals, and will lead to the death of hostages.”

The signature urged the Israelites to follow their leads before the time came from 24 hostages that the Israelites were still alive in Gaza.

“Every day’s life is more dangerous. All the moments of hesitation are crying shame.”

For weeks, a similar letter appeared in almost every branch of the army, along with a number of decorative commanders, including elite fights and information units.

All 12,000 signatures.

Since October 7, hundreds of thousands of Israeli reserve troops have called and serve.

But now it is becoming more and more rejected, according to a report that preliminary attendance has dropped to 50-60%.

Forces that rely heavily on reserve troops to fight war, it is an invisible crisis that is invisible after the first Lebanese war in Israel in 1982.

In a lot of leafy Jerusalem Park, I met an infantry reserve army “YOAV” (not his real name).

YOAV served in Gaza last summer but said he would never do it again.

“I felt that I had to go to help my brothers and sisters,” he said.

“I believed that I was doing good things. Complex but good, but now I can’t see it anymore.”

YOAV said the government decided to fight Hamas and said that there is a risk of death in the Gaza Tunnel.

“We are very strong and can beat Hamas, but not hitting Hamas.” “Losing our country.”

During his time in Gaza, YOAV tried to be “the best moral soldier to be a man.”

But critics say that as the war continues, it is harder to claim that the military is the most moral army in the world, as Israel continues.

General Amiram Levin, who retired from the column on the left side of the center newspaper Haaretz, said it was time to think about disobedience to the soldiers, starting with a senior commander.

“There is a danger of being dragged into war crimes and a fatal blow to Israeli defense troops and our social spirit,” he said.

Some of Israel’s critics, including those who have filed the case in the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, argue that such routes have already fallen.

Netanyahu dismissed the protesters as “propaganda lies,” and spread it by a small number of fringe elements (noisy, anarchists and several years with a few years of breaks).

However, polls suggest that the letter of protest reflects the increasingly public beliefs. The release of the rest of the hostages must be ahead of everything.

Tel Aviv, where noisy reversal protests have been held for more than a year, have a higher hostage image, and other protesters sit on the road and prevent them from being killed during the war of Palestinian children.

In a line created by the letter, such a touching display appears to have interfered with the authorities.

On April 20, the police briefly told protesters that the “photographs of children of Gaza” would not be allowed with a poster showing the word “massacre” or “national cleaning”.

The police stepped down according to the expressions of the organizers’ anger.

Meanwhile, the prime minister continues to talk about the determination to defeat Hamas.

Netana Hu continues to claim military pressure and is the only way to bring the hostage home.