The unusual warning from Hebron: "Everyone has a little ISIS in their head"
Orientalist Yoni Ben Menachem warned against the continued radicalization in the Gaza Strip and the Muslim world, and claimed that even after the severe blow to Hamas, a "hard core" and a population "filled with…
Assessment
Yoni Ben Menachem is warning that the ideological threat outlasts the military one. Even after Israel's severe blow to Hamas, he sees a hardened core and a population driven by revenge, not surrender. His proposed solution is striking: open the Egyptian border and encourage voluntary emigration. This frames the war's endgame not as a ceasefire or a hostage deal, but as a demographic and ideological project. Watch whether this argument gains traction inside the security cabinet.