# Fear and a far-right lurch: How October 7 reshaped Israel

https://mins.news/en/item/89322

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-07 08:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/7/fear-and-a-far-right-lurch-how-october-7-reshaped-israel?traffic_source=rss

> Three years after the October 7 attacks, their trauma continues to transform Israel’s politics, wars and place in the world. The article says Israeli society has shifted further right as political forces exploit fear to target Palestinians and advance more extreme, racist policies, while the war in Gaza and settler violence in the occupied West Bank have deepened Israel’s international isolation.

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