رئيس وزراء إسرائيل بنيامين نتنياهو، وهو الأكثر مكوثاً في هذا المنصب، تعرّض لضغوط قضائية خلال العقد الماضي عبر تهم عدة وجهت ضده، بدأت هذه التحقيقات من الشرطة في العالم 2016 ولمدة عامين، وصولاً إلى توجيه النائب العالم لائحة اتهام في ثلاث قضايا ضده في فبراير 2019، وهي قضايا مرتبطة بالحصول على هدايا ومنح امتيازات لشركة اتصالات وغيره.
وفي نوفمبر من العام نفسه أصبح نتنياهو أول رئيس وزراء يحاكم جنائياً وهو في منصبه، وانطلقت المحاكمات في القدس، بينما حاول العبور من عام 2020 أثناء جائحة كورونا بائتلاف ضرورة مع جانتس، قبل أن ينجح ائتلاف بينيت-لابيد في إخراج نتنياهو من السلطة وتشكيل حكومة منتصف العام 2021، وفي نهاية العام 2022 نجح نتنياهو في العودة للسلطة من خلال الانتخابات الخامسة لأربع سنوات، من خلال ائتلاف يميني ديني.
وبالتالي نجح في العودة للحكم باللعب على الثعابين ومعهم، كما كان يصف علي عبدالله صالح تجربته في الحكم، لكنه في بدايات العام 2023 دفع بتغييرات قضائية واسعة، سمّاها حينها «إصلاحات» وسمّاها معارضوه «محاولة النجاة من محاكمته»، واندلعت على إثرها مظاهرات واسعة قال عنها مراقبون إنها إحدى أكبر حركات الاحتجاج في تاريخ إسرائيل.
هذا التسلسل للأحداث يمثّل المقدمات الداخلية التي سبقت «طوفان الأقصى» في السابع من أكتوبر، وبالتالي فإبقاء العين على توجهات الرأي العام الإسرائيلي مهمه لنتنياهو، فالضربة الإسرائيلية لقادة حماس، لقيت تأييداً واسعاً من الجمهور الإسرائيلي على مستوى الفكرة، حيث أظهر استطلاع أجرته جيرازوليم بوست تأييد 75% لاستهدافهم، وفي استطلاع أجرته قناة 12، أيّد 55% الضربة بينما عارضها 28%، والمعارضة تأتي خشية من تعطل المفاوضات، أو ربما العزلة الدولية.
لكن الخارج له صوته وصداه كذلك، فإذا نظرنا إلى الضربة التي وجهتها إسرائيل إلى قادة حماس في الدوحة، وما مثلته من عدم احترام القوانين الدولية وسيادة الدول، كما أنها ضربت عرض الحائط باتفاقيات جنيف للعام 1949 وتحديداً المادتين 9 و10، والبروتوكول الإضافي في 1977 الذي يمثّل الأساس القانوني لحماية الوسطاء.
فقد خلقت هذه الضربة تضامناً خليجياً وعربياً وعالمياً كبيراً، ومثّلت بطبيعة الحال ضغطاً دبلوماسياً على إسرائيل، ولا شك أن القمة العربية الإسلامية الاستثنائية في الدوحة، التي تعقد بعد ساعات من كتابة المقال، ستمثّل المزيد من الضغط الإقليمي وانعكاساته داخل أوروبا، التي شهدت خطوات متقدّمة من إسبانيا.
كما شهدت دول أوروبية عدة تشككاً في خطط ونوايا إسرائيل بشكل كبير، حيث تراجعت شعبيتها في كل من ألمانيا وفرنسا والدنمارك وحتى إيطاليا التي يحكمها تحالف يميني، بل حتى هولندا حيث يرى ثلثا المواطنين أن حكومتهم يجب أن تتخذ إجراءات أكثر صرامة مع إسرائيل، بل إن الأداء الإسرائيلي خلال عامين أثر حتى على مكاسب الأحزاب اليمينية في بعض الدول الأوروبية.
هذا الصلف الإسرائيلي الذي أدى لقصف دول عدة في الإقليم واستباحة الأجواء، مما يمنح مزيداً من الشعبوية في الشارع الإسرائيلي خاصة نحو الانتخابات المقبلة في أكتوبر 2026، لكن مشاهد كرة الثلج تكبر نحو مزيد من الضغوط الدبلوماسية على نتنياهو، ومزيد من العزلة لإسرائيل، شاهدنا ذلك في بيان مجلس الأمن الذي لم تستخدم له الولايات المتحدة حق الفيتو كما فعلت عشرات المرات تاريخياً، ونرى نجاح الجهود السعودية الفرنسية في إقناع 142 دولة بالتصويت في الأمم المتحدة على حق الفلسطينيين في دولة مستقلة، ونراه أيضاً في تضامن كبير مع دولة قطر.
ويبقى الرهان على الداخل مُهمّاً لنتنياهو، لكنه تفكير تكتيكي قصير النظر، إذا أخُذ بمعزل عن منظور سقوط العلاقات العامة وسمعة إسرائيل، أو بعبارة أخرى سقوط سردية الديموقراطية المتحضّرة في الشرق الأوسط، نحو سردية جديدة مفادها دولة مارقة تمارس القتل على الهوية، بشكل بات اليوم الدفاع عنها مخجلاً لأقرب حلفائها، ولا أدل على ذلك من محاولة واشنطن النأي بالنفس عن الضربة الأخيرة.
عبدالرحمن الطريري
السردية الإسرائيلية في مهب الريح
15 سبتمبر 2025 - 00:04
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has held this position the longest, has faced judicial pressures over the past decade through several charges brought against him. These investigations began with the police in 2016 and lasted for two years, culminating in the Attorney General issuing an indictment against him in February 2019 on three cases related to receiving gifts and granting favors to a telecommunications company and others.
In November of the same year, Netanyahu became the first sitting Prime Minister to be tried criminally, with the trials commencing in Jerusalem. He attempted to navigate through 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic with a necessary coalition with Gantz, before a coalition between Bennett and Lapid succeeded in ousting Netanyahu from power and forming a government in mid-2021. By the end of 2022, Netanyahu managed to return to power through the fifth elections in four years, forming a right-wing religious coalition.
Thus, he succeeded in returning to governance by playing with snakes, as Ali Abdullah Saleh described his experience in power. However, in early 2023, he pushed for extensive judicial changes, which he called "reforms," while his opponents labeled them as "an attempt to escape his trial." This led to widespread protests that observers said were among the largest protest movements in Israel's history.
This sequence of events represents the internal precedents that preceded the "Al-Aqsa Flood" on October 7. Therefore, keeping an eye on the trends of Israeli public opinion is crucial for Netanyahu. The Israeli strike against Hamas leaders received broad support from the Israeli public at the conceptual level, as a survey conducted by the Jerusalem Post showed 75% support for targeting them. In a survey conducted by Channel 12, 55% supported the strike while 28% opposed it, with the opposition stemming from fears of disrupting negotiations or possibly international isolation.
However, the outside world has its own voice and resonance as well. If we look at the strike that Israel directed at Hamas leaders in Doha, it represented a disregard for international laws and the sovereignty of nations. It also flouted the Geneva Conventions of 1949, specifically Articles 9 and 10, and the additional protocol of 1977, which forms the legal basis for protecting mediators.
This strike has created significant Gulf, Arab, and global solidarity, and naturally represented diplomatic pressure on Israel. There is no doubt that the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, which is taking place hours after this article is written, will represent further regional pressure and its reflections within Europe, which has seen advanced steps from Spain.
Several European countries have also expressed skepticism about Israel's plans and intentions, as its popularity has declined in Germany, France, Denmark, and even Italy, which is governed by a right-wing coalition. Even in the Netherlands, two-thirds of citizens believe their government should take stricter measures against Israel. Moreover, Israeli performance over the past two years has even affected the gains of right-wing parties in some European countries.
This Israeli arrogance, which has led to bombings in several countries in the region and the violation of airspace, grants more populism in the Israeli street, especially towards the upcoming elections in October 2026. However, the snowball effect is growing towards more diplomatic pressures on Netanyahu and further isolation for Israel. We saw this in the Security Council statement, for which the United States did not use its veto power as it has historically done dozens of times. We also see the success of Saudi-French efforts in convincing 142 countries to vote at the United Nations on the right of Palestinians to an independent state, and we see it in the significant solidarity with Qatar.
The bet on the internal situation remains important for Netanyahu, but it is a short-sighted tactical thinking if taken in isolation from the perspective of the decline of public relations and Israel's reputation, or in other words, the collapse of the narrative of a civilized democracy in the Middle East, towards a new narrative that suggests a rogue state practicing identity-based killings, in a manner that has become embarrassing to even its closest allies. This is evidenced by Washington's attempt to distance itself from the recent strike.
In November of the same year, Netanyahu became the first sitting Prime Minister to be tried criminally, with the trials commencing in Jerusalem. He attempted to navigate through 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic with a necessary coalition with Gantz, before a coalition between Bennett and Lapid succeeded in ousting Netanyahu from power and forming a government in mid-2021. By the end of 2022, Netanyahu managed to return to power through the fifth elections in four years, forming a right-wing religious coalition.
Thus, he succeeded in returning to governance by playing with snakes, as Ali Abdullah Saleh described his experience in power. However, in early 2023, he pushed for extensive judicial changes, which he called "reforms," while his opponents labeled them as "an attempt to escape his trial." This led to widespread protests that observers said were among the largest protest movements in Israel's history.
This sequence of events represents the internal precedents that preceded the "Al-Aqsa Flood" on October 7. Therefore, keeping an eye on the trends of Israeli public opinion is crucial for Netanyahu. The Israeli strike against Hamas leaders received broad support from the Israeli public at the conceptual level, as a survey conducted by the Jerusalem Post showed 75% support for targeting them. In a survey conducted by Channel 12, 55% supported the strike while 28% opposed it, with the opposition stemming from fears of disrupting negotiations or possibly international isolation.
However, the outside world has its own voice and resonance as well. If we look at the strike that Israel directed at Hamas leaders in Doha, it represented a disregard for international laws and the sovereignty of nations. It also flouted the Geneva Conventions of 1949, specifically Articles 9 and 10, and the additional protocol of 1977, which forms the legal basis for protecting mediators.
This strike has created significant Gulf, Arab, and global solidarity, and naturally represented diplomatic pressure on Israel. There is no doubt that the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, which is taking place hours after this article is written, will represent further regional pressure and its reflections within Europe, which has seen advanced steps from Spain.
Several European countries have also expressed skepticism about Israel's plans and intentions, as its popularity has declined in Germany, France, Denmark, and even Italy, which is governed by a right-wing coalition. Even in the Netherlands, two-thirds of citizens believe their government should take stricter measures against Israel. Moreover, Israeli performance over the past two years has even affected the gains of right-wing parties in some European countries.
This Israeli arrogance, which has led to bombings in several countries in the region and the violation of airspace, grants more populism in the Israeli street, especially towards the upcoming elections in October 2026. However, the snowball effect is growing towards more diplomatic pressures on Netanyahu and further isolation for Israel. We saw this in the Security Council statement, for which the United States did not use its veto power as it has historically done dozens of times. We also see the success of Saudi-French efforts in convincing 142 countries to vote at the United Nations on the right of Palestinians to an independent state, and we see it in the significant solidarity with Qatar.
The bet on the internal situation remains important for Netanyahu, but it is a short-sighted tactical thinking if taken in isolation from the perspective of the decline of public relations and Israel's reputation, or in other words, the collapse of the narrative of a civilized democracy in the Middle East, towards a new narrative that suggests a rogue state practicing identity-based killings, in a manner that has become embarrassing to even its closest allies. This is evidenced by Washington's attempt to distance itself from the recent strike.


