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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Paul Adrian Raymond

Fighting Hamas puts Israeli protests on ice, but political divide remains

A protester holds a flare during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2023 [Amir Cohen/Reuters]

Saturday’s surprise attack by Hamas has left Israelis in shock, outraged at a government many feel failed to protect them – but analysts say the political fallout will have to wait as the army wages war in Gaza.

The attack, which Israel’s intelligence services appear to have completely missed, marked “a colossal failure”, said retired Colonel Miri Eisin, the managing director of Israel’s International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

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