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People were saying similar about the Israeli attacks in 2021, as long as they continued Bibi would keep office. This time it seems to be blowing back on him so even if the conspiracy theory were true, it hasn't worked. https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1711185184177975447
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I'm not usually prone to conspiracy theories (I think!) but the fact that I have an intuitive feeling about all this that I can't see reflected in the 'mainstream media' makes me feel that I might have unconsciously fallen into conspiracy/irrational thinking and could do with a sense check.
The narrative seems to be that this was an unprecedented and historical 'failure' of Israeli intelligence, who would normally provide pre-warning of attacks from Palestine/the occupied territories. The alternative/conspiracy version would be that Netanyahu is anomalous in recent terms in being an Israeli leader facing a precariouspolitical mandate and popular dissent and protest at home, for whom an all out war against Hamas/Iran would be politically advantageous in the short/medium term.
Is considering the idea that Israeli intelligence DID know about the planning of this offensive but calculated that it would ultimately be beneficial basically doing an anti-semitism, or is it in the realm of possibility?