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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Simon Speakman Cordall

Divided Israel faces internal unrest amid escalating Gaza conflict

Relatives and supporters of Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip hold their portraits and chant slogans during a protest at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on May 28, 2025, to mark 600 days of their captivity and demand their release and an end to the war [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

As Israel’s devastating war on Gaza grinds on, pushed forward by a prime minister insistent that a goal of total military victory be met, the divisions within Israeli society are growing increasingly deeper.

In the last few weeks, as Israeli peace activists and antiwar groups have stepped up their campaign against the conflict, supporters of the war have also increased their pressure to continue, whatever its humanitarian, political or diplomatic cost.

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