5 disasters that caused an existential crisis in the occupied territories.
According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli Shin Bet intelligence service published a report last March on a series of dangerous intelligence and political failures that led to the Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, and wrote that the incident shook the foundations of the Israeli regime.
The report indicates a strategic crisis in the occupied territories that has gone beyond security dimensions and has reached existential dimensions and Israel’s inability to deal with future challenges.
Shared intelligence and political failures
The report names five key factors for the security crisis that led to the October 7 incident, including:
Repeated Israeli incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners
Failure of Israeli political authorities to assess the threat
Excessive reliance on the security wall and Israeli military capabilities
Lack of active monitoring of intelligence services
The report adds that the attack plan from 2018 to 2022 was known to Israel, but Israel did not consider it a tangible threat that required a response, since intelligence penetration of the Palestinian resistance is difficult. Therefore, the Netanyahu cabinet’s policy report allowed the resistance to maintain its military strength and organization for many years, away from the eyes of Israeli spies.
According to Al Jazeera, this failure was not an accident; rather, it was the result of a deliberate strategy that sought to avoid a decisive confrontation with the Palestinians.
Internal political conflicts
The Zionist regime’s security report was not limited to Netanyahu; Rather, it has referred to the intense conflicts within the institutions of the Zionist regime and has made direct accusations against the cabinet. This is while the Israeli army report was less severe and harsh in accusing the political officials of the Zionist regime.
According to Al Jazeera, this contradiction reflects the deep rift in the governing institutions of the Zionist regime that has emerged since 2023 as a result of judicial reforms and has caused unprecedented protests among the Zionists.
The clashes between the officials of the Zionist regime indicate a crisis of distrust between the security and political institutions of the Zionist regime and have given the opponents of the cabinet a tool to attack the cabinet, which they hold responsible for the historic defeat of the Zionist regime, and may lead to a wave of public protests or calls for early elections in the occupied territories.