The recent massacres that took place yesterday (Friday) and today (Saturday) were indeed in Jerusalem and its surroundings, but the security failure may also occur in Tel Aviv.
Closing streets and roads on such an extensive scale as planned around the protest areas today raises questions about security considerations.
The evaluators in the media, who are probably fed by intelligence sources, thought that the intifada would break out around April - another two or three months.
Apparently it started earlier than expected.
It is said to be an attack by "lone" terrorists, not associated.
Even in March 2022, they thought that these were individuals without an organization that takes responsibility, and then Israel stands at a loss: who to strike and against whom to carry out retaliatory activity.
In last year's attack, at one point, ISIS claimed responsibility.
Shooting attack in the city of David, photo: Yonatan Zindel/Flash90
The right thing would still be to mark targets for attack.
Last year the IDF and the security forces were too busy with the defense. What is clear is that in this type of anti-Jewish terrorist war, the defense cannot rely on large mobilizations and wide deployments, especially along the seam line.
The weapon should be quickly available in the hands of civilians or police deployed in vulnerable locations.
There is uncertainty about the length of time it took the police to arrive and respond on Shabbat night in Neve Ya'akov.
A citizen carrying a weapon in the area of the synagogue might not have prevented the initial shooting by the killer, but could have prevented the intolerable result of seven dead civilians and many more wounded when the shooter was equipped with only a gun.
The positive result is that both in Neve Ya'akov and in the City of David the terrorists were eventually eliminated on the spot.
The shooting incident in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem // The use is made according to Section 27A of the Copyright Law
Defense Minister Galant's flight to his grandson's circumcision, immediately after the operation in Jenin, indicates a lack of judgment.
It was clear that this was a very noisy operation, with dire consequences for the Palestinians, and it would create ripples in the field.
Following the return to the routine of the rocket rounds in Gaza, a new reality is revealed: the terrorist organizations have anti-aircraft missiles. What the political-security cabinet must decide is whether, in light of the expected developments, it is necessary to try to defend and contain the events that will escalate; or to get ahead of the curve of terrorism, to exacerbate the security situation On our initiative, to get ahead and take a broad action.
Minister of Defense Galant (archive).
He found time to fly, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
As far as the terrorists are concerned, Israel, as they see it in recent times, invites attacks.
The gas agreement with Hezbollah initiated by then Prime Minister Lapid, while displaying security concerns regarding the Iranian terrorist organization's UAVs, had a devastating effect similar to Ehud Barak's hasty withdrawal from the security belt in 2000. The Spider's Web speech exhausts the issue and what followed was the outbreak of the second intifada about four months after the retreat.
Now we are about a month after the establishment of the new government, seemingly hawkish and nationalist, but Israel is seen by Muslims as crumbling and on the brink of civil war.
This was reported by Asaf Gabor in a first source.
Tonight's demonstrations in Tel Aviv show once again how far the Bima Square is from a social and mental point of view from the synagogue in Neve Ya'akov.
Demonstration against the legal reform (archive), photo: Gil Kramer
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