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As the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain

Public confidence in the war effort is falling as polls show support for weakening Iran has dropped to 43.5%, while Netanyahu faces budget and draft battles.

  • Public confidence in Israel's war objectives has plummeted, with the share of Israelis who believe the Iranian regime will be significantly weakened falling from nearly 70% at the outset to 43.5% today.
  • Last weekend, Netanyahu's coalition passed the controversial 2026 budget, which Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett decried as 'the most reckless and anti-Zionist budget' in the history of the state.
  • The Israeli army acknowledges a shortfall of 15,000 soldiers during wartime, yet the government is pushing a divisive conscription bill to exempt ultra-Orthodox men from service.
  • President Donald Trump told Axios that Herzog must pardon Netanyahu 'today,' branding him a 'scoundrel' for delays and demanding he focus solely on fighting.
  • Five weeks into the intensified US-Israeli campaign, deepening cracks in the Israeli establishment expose the gap between Netanyahu's claims of having 'changed the Middle East' and the reality on the ground.
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As the Israelis prepared to commemorate the Jewish Passover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech earlier this week in times of war, full of biblical references to ancient Jewish triumphs over their enemies.

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As the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain

As Israelis prepared to mark Passover Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week delivered a defiant wartime address replete with biblical references of ancient Jewish triumphs over their enemies.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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