https://www.972mag.com/israeli-army-refusal-crisis-gaza-war/
Menuchin also attributes significant weight to economic factors, but offers an additional explanation: “Israelis don’t want to feel like suckers, and they’re now reaching a point where they feel they’re being exploited. They see others getting exemptions, and they wager that if something happens to them, no one will support them or their families. There’s a feeling of abandonment: they see the families of the hostages crowdfunding just to survive. The bottom line is that the state isn’t really there, and that’s becoming clear to more and more Israelis.
“Help I’m spending too much on weapons”
Spend less on weapons.
“No.”
Neoliberalism is wild. “I wanted to dismantle the government to hurt others, I thought I could still have Nice Things!!”
And they’ll be the first to tell us we’re being a bunch of entitled brats for wanting like healthcare or whatever then spend a hojillion dollars on an Orphan-Seeker 5000 missile and cry when they can’t afford two of them after the bill comes due for the first one.