TEHRAN -- Former Israeli premier Ehud Barak has expressed deep concern about the survival of the occupying regime, saying history suggests the entity could cease to exist before its 80th anniversary.
In an interview with Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the former military general-turned-prime minister said Jews have not ruled for more than 80 years on the trot throughout history, predicting a doom-and-gloom scenario for the Zionist regime.
“Throughout the Jewish history, the Jews did not rule for more than eighty years, except in the two kingdoms of David and the Hasmonean dynasty, and in both periods, their disintegration began in the eighth decade,” Barak said.
The 80-year-old former premier hastened to add that the present regime represents the third experience and is approaching the eighth decade its existence.
Barak said he harbors deep fears that the curse of the eighth decade would befall the present entity.
Many governments, including those in the United States, Italy, and Russia, have experienced the curse of the eighth decade, and the Tel Aviv regime is no exception, he added.
The ultra-conservative former premier’s fears have found an echo in the occupied territories.
A recent survey of young Israeli adults found that nearly half of the population in the occupied Palestinian territories is not optimistic about the future of the illegitimate entity, while more than one-third of them were thinking of migrating for jobs and better life.
The Israeli Fenima research center described its findings published in the Hebrew-language Hayom newspaper last week as “worrying”. It noted that 33% of Israeli youth were seriously considering immigration from the occupied territories, while 44% of them saw no future in the regime.
Issues such as rising living costs, precarious security, and widening social divisions are among the reasons forcing young Israelis forcing them to leave the occupied territories, it said.
In the poll, 40% of the respondents cited rising costs driving their urge for migration, while 22% of those questioned blamed poor security situation. Social divisions were cited as a reason by 18% of them.
Many analysts have pointed to the theory of “Collapse from Within” regarding the future of the Zionist regime, citing three factors of economic crisis, poor security situation, and social divisions for the imminent decline and fall of the regime.
In October last year, a former high-ranking military commander