Overview

• Last week Israel’s Security Cabinet authorized preparations for a ground operation to seize Gaza City, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirming “We intend to.”
• Nineteen retired Israeli generals and security officials released a video calling continued war “useless” and urging a diplomatic solution.
• The American Jewish Committee publicly warned of “profound risks” from a full military takeover and criticized the plan’s humanitarian and strategic consequences.
• A July Gallup poll found only one-third of Americans approve of Israel’s actions in Gaza, marking a sharp decline in U.S. public support.
• Tens of thousands of protesters in Tel Aviv have rallied against the government’s Gaza plan, highlighting fractures in Israeli society over extended military control.