When I mentioned in today's piece the disconnect between reading local Israeli news then watching what filters into the West, this is what I mean.
Locally, Israelis know full well that far-right extremists are leveraging this war to expand territory as per holy duty, and that the conflict is with far more than Hamas. Smotrich has more power than your average extremist in US Congress, but there's a lot in common (although do note: he's meeting with some pushback here).
The tricky part is that I'm not raising this as a "gotcha". Israel is like any number of modern states in this way.
What I find fascinating is that, for all the grand shows of fealty, the West rarely shows an interest in treating Israel like a real country--which it is! With a parliament & political range & everything!
So none of this should be shocking, or taboo to mention. Israel has a right wing that wants more land, and now has a chance to get it. Not rocket science. Basic state politics.