While some Palestinians have expressed hope that the crisis would mark the beginning of the “collapse” of the “Zionist entity” and the “disintegration” of Israeli society and the IDF, others said they did not rule out the possibility that the Israeli government would initiate a military confrontation with the Palestinians or the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group as part of an effort to reunite the Israeli public.
The Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and other major Palestinian factions have thus far avoided commenting directly on the crisis.
However, political analysts and columnists from across the Palestinian political spectrum have not hesitated to express their views on the ongoing crisis, and it’s hard to ignore the tone of satisfaction in their statements over the deepening crisis. This is especially the case concerning reports pertaining to the refusal of IDF reservists and pilots to serve or volunteer in protest of the judicial overhaul.
Moreover, it’s hard to ignore the growing hope among Palestinian officials in Ramallah that the crisis would eventually topple the Israeli government. READ MORE
