Irish Examiner view: Netanyahu's aim is war without end

Anger has peaked because of the dismissal of the director of the Israeli security agency, commonly known as Shin Bet, after Mr Netanyahu’s coalition cabinet voted unanimously to sack him

Israelis march in a protest against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his plans to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet internal security service, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Picture: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

The melancholy statistics that yesterday’s Israeli airstrikes in Gaza took the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict to more than 50,000 is chilling testimony to the reality that, without leadership change in Jerusalem, the region is condemned to war without end.

After nearly eight weeks of tension but relative calm, it appears that the ceasefire has effectively been abandoned amid the new air and ground campaign against Hamas.