Israel\u2019s perpetual mobilization: The limits of Netanyahu\u2019s \u2018Super-Sparta\u2019 model<\/p>\n
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Most Israelis support continued conflict with Iran and Hezbollah. But polls show fewer believe in the government\u2019s ability to deliver victory.<\/p>\n
As of April 2026, Israel\u2019s security landscape is defined by a profound paradox. While the national mood is characterized by strategic fatigue due to a lack of decisive victories, Israeli society still maintains significant support for the multi-front campaign against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
However, this endurance is being tested by a government attempting to institutionalize a state of permanent low\/mid-intensity warfare \u2013 a vision labelled the \u2018Super-Sparta<\/a>\u2019 model by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/p>\n Recent polling suggests that while the public supports the war\u2019s objectives, it increasingly resents the current government\u2019s inability to define or deliver a decisive end-state. That has left the governing coalition unable to use the war to grow its support. Meanwhile, the opposition is gaining a few seats but still appears unlikely to form a government in this year\u2019s elections without cooperation with Arab parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n