In the lead-up to Slovenia’s parliamentary elections in March 2026, the center-left liberal Freedom Movement government was subjected to a broad Israeli cyber and media smear campaign that affected the election results, cost it its parliamentary majority.

Despite decades of alliance and deep dependency, “Israel” now faces a new and potentially destabilizing challenge: a shifting public mood in the United States, sharpened by the war on Gaza.

The decision to impose Israeli control over Area H2 of the 1997 Hebron Agreement, replacing the role of the Palestinian Authority, marks the latest step in a long series of moves to entrench Israeli Occupation rule over the West Bank.

The Khan al-Ahmar community now faces the threat of forced displacement under an Israeli Occupation plan tied to settlement expansion seeking to clear the area as part of the controversial "E1" project.

The clash between the Haredim and Netanyahu goes beyond politics, exposing a deeper structural contradiction within the Zionist project between a militarized state reliant on conscription for prolonged war and an ultra-Orthodox camp seeking to preserve its privileges.