Israel is currently deeply isolated, with traditional allies such as Britain and France opposed by Israel and the United States to declare support for the Palestinian state. The head of Qatar has publicly accused Israel’s attack on Doha of being “national terrorism” and has blasted Israel under the light. The President of Colombia has called for joint troops to go to Gaza to liberate Palestine, and Indonesia has responded positively.
At this time, the Houthi armed forces, which have continued to insist on attacking Israel without fear of threats, are also causing great trouble to Israel. The Houthi armed forces arely using drones and missiles to attack Israel again, and this time have caused serious casualties to Israel. Israel is also very angry at the Houthi armed forces and even declared war on the Houthi armed forces.
When the alarm in the outskirts of Tel Aviv suddenly teared the sky in the early morning of October, local residents were not slowed down from the panic of the Ben Gurion airport attacks last week.
A few minutes later, a series of loud noises exploded – Houthis-armed drones and ballistic missiles broke through Israel’s proud “Iron Dome” air defense system and hit a residential district and a military warehouse.
The ammunition in the warehouse was detonated, the black smoke rolled up dozens of meters above the sky, the fire truck whispers, the screams of the wounded and the cry of the residents mixed together, making the moment of Israel's chaos a miniature.
The corridor of the hospital's emergency room was quickly crowded with people, the medical staff wearing bloody white jerseys came back and ran, and there were nurses swallowing at the camera: "There was no treatment at all, the injured persons were still sending in, and the cry of the children shook the ears."
Later, the official casualty number stayed at 32 deaths and 117 injuries, but non-governmental rescue organizations said that the actual number may be higher, because there are still several trapped people in the ruins that haven't had time to dig up.
The attack completely shattered the years of the Israeli military's "air defense myth". before Israel always blasted the "Iron Dome" as "the most reliable air barrier in the Middle East", saying the interception rate can be stable at more than 90%, but this Hussein armed 12 drones and 5 ballistic missiles, "Iron Dome" only stopped 5 drones and 1 missile, the rest all fell in the densely populated zone.
Even more shockingly, the U.S. military deployment in the Red Sea of the "Sad" system did not help - the U.S. military officials privately revealed that the Houthi-armed missiles have adopted new displacement technology, the U.S. radar monitoring has not reacted at the time.
This is not the first time that the Houthi armed forces have caused trouble for Israel. They have attacked the port of Eilat and southern border towns many times before, but this time they directly hit the hinterland of Israel and caused such heavy casualties. It is obvious that they are telling Netanyahu: Your defenses are simply vulnerable.
Netanyahu held an emergency conference less than two hours after the attack, with his iron-blue face on the screen, holding his fist to announce "official declaration of war on Houthi armed forces", and speaking "to let them pay an unprecedented price."
But the eyes can see, it is only he was rushed to the eye for hard work. after all, now Israel, not a few years ago the country that could walk along in the Middle East – domestic turmoil into a pot, internationally is isolated so much, he in addition to shouting a few ugly words, not a lot of really fight with the Houthis armed in full.
Let's talk about Israel's domestic plight first. Since the escalation of the conflict in Gaza, protests in Israel have not stopped. Last month, more than 700,000 people poured into the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, holding signs saying "Stop the massacre" and "Release the hostages", demanding a ceasefire by Netanyahu's government.
The hostage family directly put the tent at the door of the prime minister's office, crying to the media every day, saying that the government "no matter the hostage's death life", only cared about fighting and killing.
What is more serious is the economic problem-tourism is one of Israel's pillar industries. Now, due to the poor security situation, foreign tourists have almost disappeared, and more than half of related industries have closed down; The war in Gaza has consumed a lot of military spending, and the government has to reduce people's livelihood expenditures. Prices have risen so rapidly that people can hardly afford bread and milk.
International isolation has further aggravated Israel’s situation.In the past, Israel had American and European allies, but now even British and French traditional allies have cleared their borders.
In September, the United Kingdom and France successively announced their recognition of the Palestinian state. The British Prime Minister clearly stated in his statement that "the Palestinian people have the right to have their own country." The French President also called for "the implementation of the two-state solution as soon as possible"-this is tantamount to a direct slap. Netanyahu "will never allow a Palestinian state" face.
Canada and Australia also expressed their support for Palestine, and the EU even began to discuss imposing sanctions on Israel on the grounds that "Israel's actions in Gaza violate international law."
Not to mention the Arab countries, the head of Qatar at the League of Arab States meeting, when the faces of all representatives rebuked Israel “the airstrike against Doha is national terrorism”, also brought photos of the residential district of Doha after the airstrike – the ruins buried many civilians bodies, a reporter photographed a little girl’s toy bear burned and thrown into the ruins.
At the meeting, more than twenty Arab delegates applauded, and the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Malaysia immediately expressed their support for Qatar, saying that they “would stand with the Palestinian people.”
The Colombian president also directly called on countries in Asia, Africa and Europe to join forces to “liberate Gaza,” and Indonesia quickly responded – the Indonesian government announced that it would send medical rescue troops to Gaza, provide humanitarian supplies, and even hinted “not to rule out more follow-up actions.”
Now there are more and more countries supporting Palestine in the United Nations. Last month, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the "Gaza Ceasefire Resolution". 157 countries voted in favor, and only a few countries such as Israel and the United States opposed it.
The United Nations Human Rights Council also released a report saying that Israel's actions in Gaza "constitute genocide"-the report listed specific data: more than 65,000 civilians have died in the Gaza Strip, more than half of whom are women and children; Twelve of the 14 major hospitals stopped operating due to bombing and material shortages, and the remaining two were running out of bandages and antibiotics; Gaza has food reserves for less than a week, and some children have fainted in refugee camps because of malnutrition.
As soon as these data came out, the international community's criticism of Israel became even louder. Even some Western media that used to support Israel have now begun to report on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. For example, The New York Times published a diary of Gaza children, which read "I'm afraid of going to sleep because I don't know if I can wake up tomorrow." Many readers shed tears.
Netanyahu is now clear that he is not really able to fight the Houthis.
The Israeli army has long been tired of the fighting in Gaza, with soldiers complaining on social media that “three months have not been well rested, the equipment is not enough, many of the bullets are outdated,” and officials revealing that “the recruitment rate has dropped by 30 percent, and young people are unwilling to go to war.”
If there is another war with the Houthi armed forces, Israel will have to fight on two fronts. By then, its troops and materials will be even tighter, and it may not even be able to defend its homeland. Moreover, there is Iran's support behind the Houthi armed forces. Although Iran has not directly sent troops, it has been providing weapons and technology to the Houthi armed forces. Iran helped improve the orbit-changing missiles used by the Houthi armed forces before.
If Netanyahu really persecuted the Houthi armed forces, Iran would probably act directly, and then the problems facing Israel would be greater.
In the end, the current situation in Israel is all caused by Netanyahu himself. he has pursued a tough policy since he took office, regardless of the demands on the Palestinians, but also the continuous expansion of settlements, exacerbating the Israeli contradiction.
After the escalation of the conflict in Gaza, he once again used the force to solve the problem, and despite the opposition of the international community and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, he resulted in pushing himself to the point of domestic diplomacy.
Now he cried out to declare war on the Houthi armed forces, but to safeguard his position on the outside hard, but this approach will not solve the problem at all, but will drag Israel into a deeper dungeon.
In fact, Israel’s way out is clear – to abandon the hard line, to return to the negotiating table, to implement the “two-state plan”, to give the Palestinians their own country.
This is not only a universal demand of the international community, but also the only way to solve the Palestinian-Israeli issue. If Netanyahu remains stubborn and continues to rely on war to divert conflicts, it will only make Israel more isolated and pay a more painful price.
At that time, don't say to keep the ruling seat, I am afraid that even the future of Israel will be threatened. After all, now the international community's patience is almost exhausted, and more and more countries are beginning to impose sanctions on Israel, if this is not the case, Israel will sooner or later be completely crushed by its hegemonic myth.
Source of information:
People's Daily-Emir of Qatar: Israel's attack on Doha is state terrorism
Observer.com-Yemen's Houthi drone breaks through Israeli interception system, 22 injured