-By Latheef Farook
(Lanka-e-News -18.April.2026, 12.30 PM) Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has accused Israeli Prime Minister-war criminal-Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of actively dismantling the State of Israel. According to numerous reports her assessment is scathing, arguing that the basic foundations of modern statehood are being abandoned to accommodate hard-line extremist elements.
Livni cites three critical factors in this dismantling:
Rise of Armed Settler Militias: She argues the state has lost its monopoly on force, allowing groups of armed individuals in the West Bank to operate as private militias with total impunity.
A Fractured Legal System: The government is permitting parallel systems of religious and territorial laws to supersede state law, destroying the concept of "one law for all."
No Limits on Occupation: By entrenching an indefinite occupation without defined borders, the government is eroding the internationally recognized definition of its own sovereignty.
"A sovereign state has territory, one law for all, and a monopoly on arms," Livni said. According to her, none of that exists today. Her warning is clear: The current trajectory isn’t sustainable, even from the perspective of their own definition of statehood.
Supporting this claim Israeli historian Ilan Pappé believes Zionism has entered its final phase, Israeli society is disintegrating internally, and what a just future for Palestinians and Israelis could look like. Pappé argues that Israel is a classic settler colonial project built on ethnic cleansing , apartheid and permanent military rule over Palestinians.
Another report titled” the war may have paused, but the fight over Israel’s future is only beginning” stated that around 120,000 citizens, particularly highly skilled professionals and doctors, departing. This exodus, often driven by security concerns and political instability, has created a "brain drain," creating a negative net migration trend
Columnist Simon Speakman Cordall said analysts and observers from within Israel and its diaspora have warned that Israel will find itself diminished and no longer the secure regional hegemony if it maintains its current path.
Economic Strain: Over 46,000 businesses have closed due to war, with high capital flight and reduced tourism.
Internal Divisions: A profound, often violent struggle exists between secular/liberal and theocratic/messianic factions, impacting social cohesion.
Security Concerns: Prolonged war has severely strained military and civil resources, causing high-level evacuations.
At present, Israel is widely regarded as a pariah state. Even many of its western supporters are beginning to see it less as a strategic asset and more as a political liability.
The convergence of several myriad of factors—demographic pressures, international isolation, shifting regional dynamics—has collided with the valiant determination of the Palestinians, who for decades have resisted and kept their cause alive against all odds.
Together, they have produced a strong force against the Zionist regime, one that no amount of western backing or propaganda can contain indefinitely. The storm surrounding Israel is not a passing squall but a gathering force that points to an irreversible trajectory.
Columnist Feroze Mithiborwala said February 28, 2026, will be etched in history not as a moment of Israeli triumph, but as the day the “Invincible Fortress” began its terminal decline. Across the cities of Israel, occupied Palestine, the myth of national unity has dissolved.
The retaliation from the Axis of Resistance—spanning the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hezbollah, and Ansarullah (the Houthis)—has systematically dismantled the illusion of the Iron Dome’s omnipotence. While the military censor in Tel Aviv works overtime to suppress the full extent of the damage, the data escaping the blackout is grim.
Inside the Israel’s Ministry of Defense , the mood is apocalyptic. Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir stating the IDF is reportedly short of approximately 12,000 troops. General Zamir warned that the reserve system is “collapsing in on itself.”
For the first time ,Israel is experiencing a net migration crisis that threatens its demographic foundation. The scenes at Ben Gurion Airport are of controlled chaos, with flights booked out months in advance. Many who cannot find flights are seeking passage by ship to Cyprus and Greece.
Even more startling are the reports of dual-national Israelis utilizing the Rafah crossing into Egypt or maritime routes to escape the rain of missiles. While exact 2026 figures are guarded, estimates suggest that over 150,000 citizens have fled since the February 28 escalation, adding to the nearly 70,000 who left in late 2025. George Galloway has remarked “The settlers are becoming the unsettled. The very people who came to displace others are now finding they have no place of their own that is safe.”
The Israeli economy is in a tailspin. The Finance Ministry warned in March 2026 that the war is costing the state approximately $3 billion per week in lost productivity and direct military expenditures.⁸
Preliminary estimates place the damage to Israeli civilian and military infrastructure at upwards of $25 billion. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has seen a massive withdrawal of foreign capital. International investment agreements—once the pride of the “Start-up Nation”—are being canceled daily. The United States is footing a bill that exceeds $18 billion in just the fst firew weeks of the conflict.
Israel’s global standing has reached a nadir. European capitals, once staunch allies, are now distancing themselves as the humanitarian and economic fallout of a war with Iran threatens global energy markets.In the United States, the political landscape is shifting. While President Donald Trump initially authorized the strikes, he is increasingly being blamed by his own “America First” base for being maneuvered into another “forever war
As Max Blumenthal has documented, the current crisis is not a temporary setback—it is the sound of a system breaking. The war on Iran may be the final chapter for the Netanyahu era. The longer the war lasts, the more the regional and international order shifts against the interests of both Tel Aviv and Washington.
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