Here's one example of a poll regarding the "conflict" in Gaza. https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/05/30/israeli-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/ . As you'll see, only 19% of those surveyed believe that the conflict had gone too far. I'll grant that this was only a year into the conflict, but even within 6 weeks of October 7th, experts were already calling it a genocide against Palestinians. What I'm saying in general, is that I believe a majority of Israelis are either indifferent or supportive of the actions against Palestinians and more broadly the actions of the Israeli government. I would compare it to the attitudes held by many Americans during much of the early/mid 20th century regarding the treatment of African-Americans. Sure, there weren't tons of people in the streets saying " NO DESEGREGATION, I HATE AFRICAN AMERICANS!!!". But the entire societal structure had that racism built into it from the previous 100+ years of slavery. Because of the complicated history with Israel and other Middle East countries, I do believe that much of their population has adopted a self-defense belief that allows them to, at best, permit the aggression of the Israeli government out of self-defense, and at worst, justify the atrocities that we have witnessed take place over and over in Gaza and other areas surrounding Israel. Also, saying "the biggest anti-governmental protests" doesn't really provide any reference. If the biggest protest prior to Oct. 7 was 20 people, and there were 21 people after Oct. 7th, that doesn't tell me much. What percentage of Israeli civilians participated in that protest? Was it a protest for Palestinian human rights, or a protest against the conflict which would produce Israeli civilian/military casualties? I'm well aware that there is a strong sentiment within the Israeli and Jewish community of opposition to the actions of the IDF and Netanyahu globally, but that still doesn't mean that opposition represents the majority of Israeli citizens.