A striking and unprecedented admission has emerged from within the Israeli media establishment, as veteran political analyst Lior Ben-Shaul, writing in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, warned that the Zionist entity is approaching total collapse.

In his strongly worded article, Ben-Shaul declared that Israel “will collapse within two years” and that Israelis are already “fleeing like rats from a sinking ship.”

The commentary has reverberated across the region, with Palestinian observers describing it as a rare acknowledgment of the deep political, military, and social crisis now engulfing the occupation regime.

Ben-Shaul described the situation not as a routine “security crisis” or “political stalemate,” but as an existential earthquake that has shattered the foundations of the Zionist project. He admitted that Hamas has not only resisted Israeli aggression on the battlefield but has also destroyed the myth of Israel’s supposed invincibility.

“What kind of country is this,” he asked, “whose capital and settlements are bombarded daily and which is unable to respond? What kind of army is this that fails to bring Gaza to its knees despite thousands of raids?”

In his article, the Israeli analyst revealed the scale of panic spreading among settlers and political elites, noting that flights to Europe, America, and Canada are already fully booked, while embassies are overwhelmed with immigration applications. Families, he wrote, are quietly selling off their property, and parents are sending their children abroad to study with no intention of ever bringing them back, reflecting a society preparing for an uncertain and collapsing future.

“We are not emigrating… we are fleeing. Yes, we flee like rats from a sinking ship,” he wrote.

Ben-Shaul catalogued what he described as the humiliation of a defeated society, pointing to soldiers breaking down in tears on camera, settlers fleeing both from the south near Gaza and the north near Lebanon, ministers shouting empty threats that no longer carry weight, and an entire society “living on tranquilizers” just to endure the constant collapse.

The analyst harshly condemned Israel’s actions against Palestinians, acknowledging that the regime had become “an entity without project, compass, or justification.” He wrote: “A state devoid of morals, that kills civilians and arrests children, then asks the world to applaud it.”

He argued that the Zionist entity is already reduced to a besieged “fortress state,” clinging to U.S. protection. In his view, history has already sealed its fate: “Every colonial project based on murder and lies has collapsed. Every entity founded on injustice has fallen.”

Palestinian commentators say the article amounts to an extraordinary vindication of what resistance movements and oppressed communities have long argued: that the Zionist project is unsustainable and doomed to failure.

For Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and the diaspora, Ben-Shaul’s grim forecast underscores that even voices inside Israel now see collapse as inevitable.

Ben-Shaul concluded with a stark warning: “The clock is ticking. And when Israel falls—and it will—the world will talk about that moment when a nuclear state abandoned its humanity and lost everything.”

His words have been widely shared across Arab and Islamic media, interpreted as a sign that the Zionist regime, once projecting strength and permanence, is entering its most fragile phase.

The article reflects growing fissures inside Israel and reveals the depth of despair among its elites. For Palestinians, such admissions reinforce the belief that steadfast resistance and unity will ultimately reclaim their land and rights. (ILKHA)