Special envoy to Jerusalem
Poll after poll shows a majority of Israelis reaffirm their support for the war in the Gaza Strip. Despite a toll estimated at more than 32,000 Palestinian deaths, repeated warnings from the UN on the risk of famine and a now blatant diplomatic isolation, they say they are in favor of launching a ground offensive in Rafah and consider that the transfer of humanitarian aid to the enclave should be conditional on the release of the 134 hostages held by Hamas. The trauma, anger and feeling of humiliation induced by the massacres of October 7 fuel this intransigence. During the first weeks of the conflict, only a small number of activists affiliated with the “peace camp” and Israeli Arabs not afraid of incurring the wrath of the nationalist right dared to warn of the humanitarian drama in the making. But, after five months of war, figures from the academic world are also taking the risk…
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