Propaganda works
Most Israelis don’t see Iranian attack as a response to Damascus strike
Israeli analyst Gideon Levy says large swaths of the Israeli public fully accept their government’s narrative about Iran’s missile attack and don’t see it as a consequence of Israel’s suspected assassination of an Iranian senior commander in Damascus.
“Most Israelis do not see the connection between the assassination in Damascus and the Iranian attack,” said Levy.
“Israelis don’t ask themselves unfortunately: Was this assassination really necessary at this time when we are stuck in Gaza? What came out of it? Does this really serve any of Israel’s interests?” he said
“Those questions are not asked in Israel because Israel is quite narrow-minded in this war and following the government quite blindly.”
But not on all Israelis
Israelis protest at prison where Gaza detainees held
Dozens of activists from left-wing Israeli associations and organisations have demonstrated at the entrance to the Sde Teman military prison in the Negev desert, where the Israeli authorities are holding hundreds of prisoners they arrested from the Gaza Strip.
The demonstrators raised banners demanding the release of prisoners and an end to torturing them. Testimony was read from a relative of a previously released prisoner who spoke about the torture he was subjected to and the extremely difficult conditions that prisoners live in inside this prison.
According to Israeli media, the demonstration lasted only a few minutes.
מחוץ לבסיס שדה תימן
יש מפגינים למען שחרור המחבלים והפסקת המלחמה.
בתוך הבסיס כלואים מאות מחבלי חמאס!!!
לא למדו כלום מ 7 באוקטובר pic.twitter.com/H4gK8ZMJxt
— כל החדשות בזמן אמת (@Saher_News_24_7) April 20, 2024
Anti-government protest set to continue tonight in Israel
Over the past few weeks, thousands of Israelis have been protesting to demand the government secure a ceasefire deal that would also free Israeli captives held by Hamas and other groups in Gaza, as well as called for elections.
Demonstrators are expected to take to the streets again tonight in Tel Aviv and dozens of other locations across Israel, according to Israeli media reports.
The growing protests are placing more pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which has has faced widespread criticism over the security failure of the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel in October.
