
The majority of Israeli Jews support the IDF's military operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon until security threats are completely eliminated, but there is growing public fatigue with prolonged conflicts and calls for a diplomatic solution, historian Louise Khlebnikova said in an interview with Lenta.ru.
AI-generated summary
Israel has carried out military operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in response to threats from armed groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which has led to a humanitarian crisis and international concern.
The majority of Israeli Jews support the operations carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Luiza Khlebnikova, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Jewish Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, and head of the Interdepartmental Scientific Group for the Study of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about this in an interview with Lenta.ru.
“The majority of Israeli Jews support military operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon until security threats are completely eliminated,” she noted.
At the same time, according to the political scientist, there are also opponents in the country of continuing the war in Gaza. They make anti-war calls and demand a cessation of hostilities, proposing to rely on diplomatic methods. “Society is gradually growing tired of eternal wars, the goals of which are becoming more and more blurred, and the results are becoming less and less specific,” the expert pointed out.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
IDF military operations in Gaza and Lebanon will continue until security threats are eliminated, expert says
Likely · Within months
Pressure on the government will grow in Israeli society to switch to diplomatic methods of resolving the conflict
Possible · Within weeks

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