Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Analysis There are many religious Zionists, including right-wing ones, who have trouble swallowing the party's consent to an ultra-Orthodox draft-dodging bill, even in exchange for the free hand it has received in the West Bank and the government's unprecedented support of the settlementsShare 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 formatSubscribe02:34 PM • May 20 2026 IDTIsrael's Religious Zionist community is the country's most dispersed faction. It is also criminally ignored both by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition and, even more so, by the opposition bloc. CommentsIn the NewsIsraelis' Selective Compassion: Empathy Toward a Dog but Not Palestinian KidsOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but TruthHaaretz CartoonMKs Propose Unprecedented West Bank Antiquities Authority Operate in GazaBDS, but Not as You Know It: Sally Rooney Knows How to Identify a 'Good Israeli'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by IsraelisICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked