Rawan Arraf

The IDF Chief of Staff has warned that the IDF is on the verge of collapse after 900 straight days of war. This is what he told the government yesterday: 1) Reservists are being stretched to a breaking point across multiple active fronts simultaneously: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, and the Iranian front 2) No ultra-Orthodox conscription law has been passed, leaving thousands exempt from service in practice 3) The cabinet approved the legalization of dozens more outposts and farms in the West Bank, requiring additional troops to protect them 4) Jewish nationalist terrorism is surging in the West Bank, requiring an additional battalion to be deployed there, with possibly another needed soon 5) Mandatory service is set to shorten to 30 months in January 2027, the opposite of the IDF's request to extend it to 36 months 6) The government is avoiding passing the necessary laws (conscription, reserves, extended service) largely due to political pressures related to the Haredi exemption controversy The expansionist policies of the government are straining the army to the point of no return. The IDF cannot carry this load and will "collapse into itself" according to the Chief of Staff soon if the wars of expansion do not stop. Israel is simply not big enough and not rich enough to dominate the Middle East in the long-term.

פרסום ראשון הרמטכ״ל הזהיר אמש בקבינט: צה״ל הולך לקרוס לתוך עצמו. אני מרים 10 דגלים אדומים זמיר הוסיף: צה״ל צריך עכשיו חוק גיוס, חוק מילואים וחוק הארכת שירות חובה. המילואים לא יחזיקו מעמד את הדברים הדרמטיים האלה אמר הרמטכ״ל בפני ראש הממשלה, ראשי מערכת הביטחון והשרים. נכון לרגע זה לא נמסרה תגובה מטעם צה״ל

Israeli MK Yitzik Kroizer on the killing of a Palestinian family in Jenin: “There are no innocent civilians in Jenin, no innocent children. I support IDF soldiers in every situation, even if the cost is children or women.” A call for extermination

"We need to shoot them. Bring the air force and shoot the people who are lighting the fires" MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism), Minister Idit Silman (Likud) and MK Yitzhak Kroizer (Jewish Power), in a Knesset committee meeting on December 3rd, call to murder every Palestinian in the West Bank suspected of lighting a garbage fire. It should be noted that Israel prevents the facilitation of any proper garbage disposal for Palestinians in the West Bank.

Breaking | The Israeli Knesset’s National Security Committee approves a proposed death penalty law against Palestinian detainees, advancing it to the second and third readings ahead of a final vote expected next week. The bill makes capital punishment mandatory without requiring unanimous judicial approval, mandates execution by hanging through the Israeli Prison Service, sets implementation within 90 days of sentencing, and removes any possibility of pardon.