Current sectionOpinionOpinion Share 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 formatSubscribeGideon Levy12:38 AM • May 28 2026 IDTIt is not nice to see a nursery school that is closed, and even less so to see a pharmacy closed. Buses are running late, renovations are delayed, streets are not being swept and the garage that fixes your car is open only half the time.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:ZionismJews and ArabsIsraeli politicsJewish holidaysArab IsraelisHuman rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran StrikesMohammed DahlanGulf StatesNetanyahuAbraham AccordsWorld CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIn Apartheid Israel, Not All Holidays Are Created EqualSmotrich's Bid for Political Survival Relies on Bribing Israeli SettlersHaaretz CartoonOfficer From Israel Police's Anti-corruption Unit Suspected of Spying for IranKnesset Advances Bill Placing Police Internal Affairs Under Justice MinisterRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyFormer Israeli Soldier Dies by Suicide in Miami at Age 23Netanyahu's Promises of Victory in Iran End in a Glorious U.S. CapitulationWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests Not'What We Did in Gaza Is Certainly an Act of Revenge for October 7''Dressed as non-Muslim': Palestinian Star Elyanna Sparks Acclaim and Controversy