Years of War Leave Israel at Risk of Civil Conflict: CIA
The August report cites economic strain, reservist resentment and settler violence as pressures that could push Israel into open conflict.
- A classified CIA assessment warns that Israel faces potential 'civil war' or 'total collapse,' according to the report 'Fracture From Within' compiled by The Red Cell in August.
- Ahead of Israel's Oct 27 elections, experts identified volatile pressures converging: soaring military spending, economic crisis, and heavily armed veterans returning from prolonged combat with serious psychological trauma.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to reach the 61 seats required to govern, while resentment grows over the Ultra-Orthodox population's historical exemptions from mandatory military service despite receiving state benefits.
- Pew Research Center data shows 60% of Americans viewed Israel unfavorably this spring, up from 53% a year earlier, reflecting growing frustration within the American national security establishment.
- Foreign technology and artificial-intelligence companies might pull investment from Israel if the internal crisis deepens, as regional governments could reconsider the strategic value of normalizing relations with the country.
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Jerusalem. Israel faces the risk of a civil war or the collapse of the state due to increasing political, economic and social fractures and outrage at the management of the Israeli Prime Minister and fugitive from the International Criminal Court, Benjamin Netanyahu, who struggles to cling to power, according to the Fracture From Inside report, prepared in August by the Red Cell of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), revealed Dr…
A classified CIA assessment has warned that deepening political, economic and social fissures could put Israel at risk of civil war or state collapse, a report released Monday said. The assessment, titled "Breaking from Within," was prepared in August by the CIA's Red Cell, a unit tasked with challenging prevailing intelligence assumptions, Drop Site News reported, citing two U.S. sources familiar with its contents. The CIA did not respond to th…
A US-sourced report published in the Israeli press stated that Israel has gone through several crises, which have brought the country to the brink of "civil war or political collapse."
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sawaleif.comThe Israeli occupying Power is facing one of its most volatile internal phases, with rising political, economic and social divisions, the accumulation of the consequences of ongoing wars, and the growing polarization around military service and the future of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, at a time when a secret assessment prepared by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) warned against the possibility of Israel slipping into civ…
A secret CIA assessment reportedly compiled in August highlighted a number of political, economic, and social pressures.
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