RT: @sawaya_nicolas Israel's elections are coming up on Oct 27. Polling suggests that Netanyahu & Eisenkot's blocks are ~ tied w/ neither one capturing a majority. Of course, from the perspective of Palestinians, Lebanese & others in the region, there's little difference between the two, because they both echo majority Israeli Jewish opinion on topics related to Palestine, Lebanon & other countries in the region (Israeli govt policy does actually roughly reflect the will of its Jewish population). To give you an idea of such views, I spent 3 months last year collecting & analyzing every Israeli survey since Oct 7 (over 70 were deemed reliable and used for the analysis) & compiled them all into a database with an accompanying 7,500 word write-up (the article is linked below; link to the database in the article). A sample of the views of Israeli society is provided below w/ the range based on surveys between October 7 2023 and July 4 2025 (Israeli Jews only): · 94% say not enough or appropriate amount of firepower was used by IDF in Gaza (only 2% to 3% say too much firepower was used) · 78% to 93% say IDF has “performed” very good or excellent in Gaza (with 83% giving it high marks on “moral conduct”) · 77% to 83% say Israel should not take into account suffering of civilian population when fighting in Gaza · 77% to 82% are not distressed by humanitarian situation in Gaza · 70% believe you should not be able to post messages on social media that express sympathy for civilians in Gaza · 50% to 68% say Israel should not allow humanitarian aid into Gaza · 76% to 87% believe number of Palestinian “war” casualties is justified · 90% say Israel is doing too much or appropriate amount to “avoid” civilian casualties in Gaza (only 7% believe it’s doing too little) · 62% to 82% support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza Much more detail in article below (in comments)