Before October 7, if you had asked anyone with lucidity about the future of Israel, their response would have differed significantly from what it is today.

The successful Hamas operation on October 7, Israel’s subsequent mass killing of civilians, and its inability to defeat Israel on the ground make it impossible to envision any scenarios in which Israel would be able to continue with its previous conduct against the Palestinians.

While there is a wild bunch of warmongering politicians in the Israeli cabinet, the regime still enjoys the presence of some military men who despite being on the wrong side of history, are still capable of seeing the reality for what it is. These military officials reportedly warned Israeli politicians that it would be impossible to defeat Hamas, causing the regime to keep its ground offensive into Gaza pending for a while.

As the regime continued its airstrikes on Gaza, it began to look for ways to get rid of Gaza through less costly ways. It first tried to persuade Arab countries to host the majority of the enclave’s population. Once it failed to relocate Palestinians, Israel pursued a genocidal strategy, thinking that its latest round of onslaughts against the Palestinians would once again go unnoticed thanks to Western media. The last thing it tried to do was spark a regional war in West Asia, by provoking Iran and its allies. Seeing how all Israeli plans seem to have failed, the regime should try to recalibrate its policies and accept the fact that it cannot occupy Palestine without consequences.

Israel and its American godfather used to think that the regime would be able to integrate into West Asia by normalizing ties with Arab nations. The Abraham Accords moved forward, and just as Saudi Arabia was about to join the traitorous train and normalize ties with the regime, the Hamas attack happened. The operation proved that the Palestinian cause, contrary to Israel’s belief, was nowhere near forgotten. This was also brought to the attention of Tel Aviv’s Western backers who have been receiving growing criticism at home due to their support of an apartheid regime that has no regard for human lives.

The regime is also now aware that it had largely overestimated its military capabilities. While it has kept the Gaza Strip under a brutal siege for the past 17 years, Israel disastrously failed to foresee the October 7 attack. Its purportedly "invincible" army also performed poorly on the ground in Gaza, sustaining numerous casualties without achieving any tangible victories against Hamas. Regional countries, previously enticed by the prospect of aligning with Israel's formidable military, are now less inclined to normalize ties with the regime, given the collapse of the illusion of Israel's military might and its increasingly loathed global image

What appears unmistakably clear now is that though the attacks on Gaza might have quenched Israel’s thirst for blood, everything that happened on October 7 and after that has been detrimental to Tel Aviv’s interest. The regime must now embrace the grim reality that surrounds it, and come to its senses regarding its inability to oppress Palestinians forever.