This had cast a normalcy bias spell on Israelis under say 50 years old which was being exploited for political gain by the Israeli Left to gain power and fundamentally transform Israeli society
This causes them to block out the fact they are surrounded by some of the most violent, murderous and sadistic people on the planet and these people have focused their lives on the rape and murder of Jews and the destruction of Israel.
Old geezer buzz kills like Netanyahu who live in the real world get in the way of a carefree life of beach parties , night life in Tel Aviv and Nova rock concerts. Guy like Netanyahu simply do not know how to say kumbaya in Yiddish
Oct 7 was not so much an intelligence failure as it was a reality check for the people of Israel.
The people of Israel live in a bad neighborhood surrounded by people whose sole purpose in life from the time they are born is devoted to hating Jews and plotting and training to rape and murder them in the most horrific manner possible. They blocked out memory of this most basic fact of life and paid terrible price for this.
They were lucky this time. Things could have been much worse
However, Israel can only afford to lose once. It is doubtful they will get another chance again
The best explanation of how Hamas did what it did on October 7, 2023 is (1) Biden’s energy policy which increased the price of oil and (2) Biden’s Iran Policy which made the number one Terrorist State rich again.
So true, good comments.