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‘Fantasy Israel’ crumbles as military supremacy fails
Israel’s right-wing government refuses to acknowledge its military failures and declining global legitimacy, while allowing itself to entertain delusional expansion plans fuelled by religious extremism, writes RAMZY BAROUD
IMPOSSIBLE TO SUBDUE: Palestinians overrun and destroy Israeli military positions as they break out of the Gaza Strip, October 7 2023

THE paradoxical phrase “running away forward” is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now.

It seems that everything that Israel has done in the past year or so is a mere attempt to deny, distract from or escape imminent future scenarios — all of which are bleak.

Indeed, the last year has repeatedly proven that Israel’s military supremacy is no longer able to win wars or decide political outcomes.

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