Israel's military adventures have backfired - and the public is losing patience

Israel's military adventures have backfired - and the public is losing patience Submitted by Abed Abou Shhadeh on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 20:51 The Gaza war destroyed Tel Aviv's global standing, while the assaults on Lebanon and Iran have achieved nothing but a sharp rise in the cost of living Israeli protesters gather to call for a political process to end the fighting and restore security for residents of northern Israel and soldiers, in Tel Aviv on 4 June 2026 (Jack Guez/AFP) On The sequence and speed of the latest clash between Israel and Iran cannot be understood outside of the broader context of Israel’s war on Lebanon . On Sunday, Iran launched missiles towards Israel in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which Tel Aviv described as a response to recent Hezbollah fire in northern Israel. After the Iranian missile launch, Israel carried out retaliatory strikes against several cities in Iran .