As the government strove to weaken the judiciary in 2023, the economy weakened, internal divisions deepened, high-tech professionals, academics and doctors left the country, and Israel's international standing suffered. Warnings by Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet security service about a multifront war reverberated. People wondered: Which side was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu working for?

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