AhlulBayt News Agency: A retired senior Israeli military official has warned that the regime may not survive to reach its 100th anniversary in 2048, citing a dangerous mix of deep internal divisions and growing international isolation.
Retired Major General Itzhak Brik wrote in an op‑ed for the Hebrew daily Maariv that Israel is currently on a “path to destruction” that can only be reversed through major changes in leadership.
“When I look ahead, I find myself asking: will the State of Israel reach 100 years?” Brik wrote.
Israel was founded in 1948 on land seized by Zionist militias that carried out massacres and expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
In 1967, Israel occupied the remaining Palestinian territories and continues to reject withdrawal and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Brik said Israeli society has become “torn from within,” marked by “deep hatred between social groups, between right and left, and between Jews and Arabs,” a divide he said affects every aspect of life.
Referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Brik said Israel is led by a leadership that “puts political survival above the public interest,” calling it “short‑sighted and without direction.”
On Israel’s global standing, Brik said the country is increasingly viewed as a state that “provokes revulsion and rejection,” noting that many Israelis are choosing to emigrate.
Data released on January 28 by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics showed a 39% rise in emigration in 2024 compared with the previous year.
Brik added that Israel’s resilience is weakening across all sectors, including security, economy, education, health care, infrastructure, and science.
He called for “empowering a younger generation to take leadership and guide the country out of its current crisis.”
He wrote that challenges such as restoring security in the north (with Lebanon and Syria) and the south (with Gaza), as well as rebuilding the economy and international relations, require the energy of younger generations.
Brik concluded that Israel could still surpass the 100‑year mark “if younger generations succeed in turning despair into responsibility and polarization into intellectual partnership.”
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