The coastal metropolis Tel Aviv is Israel's economic capital and is often referred to as a liberal bubble where techno parties meet successful startups.
Daniella does not want to be interviewed at first, but changes her mind after TT's correspondent tells her that critical people have not wanted to speak out due to fear.
I don't want to be that kind of person, she says, pointing to Gaza, which is only an hour away by car.
We're talking about women and children. Because Bibi (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) is completely "fucking crazy". We don't want him. We don't even want him in a prison here in Israel. The best thing would be if he could go to a beach far away and drink a piña colada.
Want to hand over responsibility
Daniella believes that it "absolutely" can be a matter of genocide in Gaza and states that she has always advocated for negotiations rather than war to bring home the Israeli hostages.
When it comes to negotiations involving Netanyahu, she is skeptical.
I think we should hand over the responsibility to someone else to solve this.
According to opinion polls, she belongs to a minority of Jewish Israelis who believe that Israel should attach greater importance to Gaza's civilian population. According to a survey from June, 76.5 percent believe that Israel should not take any or very little consideration of civilian Palestinians in Gaza.
In September, a clear majority stated that they want an end to the war and that the hostages are the main reason. Only two percent stated the harm suffered by Palestinians as the main reason.
Do not understand the criticism
On a grassy spot by the beach, the couple Noa and Or sit on a blue blanket they bought in India. They are puzzled by the world's criticism and believe that war is the only way to bring home the hostages. Their view of the people living in Gaza is bleak.
Maybe there are a few hundred who want peace, but 99 percent want to kill us, so I don't really see how it would work, says Or.
October 7 has made him change his view of who is "innocent" in Gaza.
Generally, I agree that there are no innocents, he says.
Does that also apply to children?
No, not children, or it depends on how old they are, but it's not like I'm happy when children die.
Ready to go to Gaza
In the heart of Tel Aviv, Tom is working out at an outdoor gym to deafening music. He is one of the country's hundreds of thousands of reservists and believes that the war is too complicated for the world to understand.
Right now, I'm at the border with Lebanon, but absolutely, I can imagine going to Gaza, if it (the war) continues, I will go there in January.
He also expects this, since he does not see an end in sight.
We must eliminate our enemies. Even if the war ends, there will be no peace, he says.
He is always armed when he moves outdoors.
What people don't understand is that your DNA changes when you feel threatened, and then you become a little more aggressive, he says as he starts doing a set of pull-ups.
– Who knows, one day I might get tired of all this and settle on an island far away.
"Everything is a bit depressing"
A stone's throw from the outdoor gym, Oi sits on a lawn with a friend. He understands the world's criticism and is already considering leaving the country due to "a few people who have made some really bad decisions".
At the same time, he feels great hesitation.
I have friends who have been out and traveled and been attacked, not physically but verbally. Everything is a bit depressing right now.
According to a recent opinion poll from the Israeli Democracy Institute, 60 percent of Israel's Jewish population believes that the war in Gaza should be ended, which is an increase of 15 percentage points since September 2024.
About half (50.5 percent) state that the main reason is that the war risks the lives of the remaining hostages. 2 percent state "to stop harming Gaza's residents and start rebuilding" as the main reason, while 6.5 percent state Israel's international reputation.
The survey is based on a representative sample where 800 Jewish Israelis and 200 Arab Israelis were interviewed during the period September 14-18, 2025.
In an opinion poll from June, the question was asked: "To what extent should Israel take into account the suffering of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza?"
A clear majority of the country's Jewish population (76.5 percent) believed that Israel should not take any consideration at all, or only very little consideration.
Since the Israeli Demographic Institute first asked the question at the end of 2023, the proportion of Jewish Israelis who believe that Israel should take great or very great consideration has increased - from 13 percent in October 2023 to 20 percent in May 2025.
At the same time, the proportion of those who believe that Israel should not take any consideration at all, or only very little, decreased from 83.5 percent to 76.5 percent.
The survey is based on a representative sample where 601 Jewish Israelis and 150 Arab Israelis over 18 years were interviewed during the period May 26-29, 2025.
Source: Israeli Democracy Institute
