Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIsrael's prime minister may look tired, ill and incoherent, but tyrants do not disappear on diagnosis alone. Netanyahu has already built the conditions for dictatorship; Israelis are responsible for dismantling them05:27 AM • May 17 2026 IDTA single appearance by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on "60 Minutes" instilled hope in those who are fed up with the regime of evil and destruction of a supreme leader who is leading Israel with an outstretched arm into the abyss. The image on the screen was a tired, old man, his face caked in layers of cracked makeup. His speech was incoherent and his true state of health may yet be revealed. My colleague Yoana Gonen distilled here, in an op-ed on Wednesday, the essence of that hope in a sharp, direct and piercing sentence, based on Netanyahu's own observation about how regimes fall. In the NewsNetanyahu May Be Crumbling, but His Regime Is Alive and WellEuropean Governments Want to Love Israel if Not for the Pesky SettlersThe Gov't Proposal to 'Split' the AG's Role Is a Death Knell to the Rule of LawCoalition Fast-tracks Judicial Overhaul, Pro-settler Bills Ahead of ElectionsIDF Officer Killed in Southern Lebanon, Third Soldier Killed in North This WeekRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump StatueStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran StandoffWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish Calendar