5:51 AM 10/25/2023 - Public trust in government scrapes bottom amid criticism for inadequate war response - The Times Of Israel
Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠ Public trust in government scrapes bottom amid criticism for inadequate war response Wednesday October 25 th , 2023 at 5:35 AM The Times Of Israel 1 Share Nineteen days into a war triggered by Hamas’s brutal October 7 terror attack on southern Israel, with the nation reeling from the horrific killings of some 1,400 people and abduction at least 224 more, and as the Israeli military prepares for a ground offensive in Gaza and potential escalation on the northern border, there is a new whisper of unity in Israeli society. From coffeeshops to the front lines, many Israelis say they are unified on two things: they are convinced of the need to uproot Hamas, and they do not trust their own government to oversee the process. That adds up to a deeply troubling, even terrifying scenario for the more than 350,000 reservists mobilized since the outbreak of war, the 150,000-180,000 standing army soldiers they are joining, and an Israeli society that will sac