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 formatSubscribeThe Likud party has become a criminals' paradise, where a person who is on trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust can send soldiers into a political war of choice, every corrupt contractor, every tax evader, can feel welcome in the governing party03:12 AM • June 01 2026 IDTEvery few days, when Benjamin Netanyahu gets up in the morning he surely pinches himself and asks the million-dollar question: How is it that after the October 7 bloodbath I'm still prime minister? How is that after my stubborn refusal to establish a state commission of inquiry into the disaster, after my failed attempt to topple the Iranian regime, after the nuclear threat was not eliminated, after it was revealed that I was the one who approved the enormous sums that were funneled to Hamas in Gaza for years, after senior aides of mine served foreign countries out of greed and after a few of my confidants have faced criminal investigations or charges – how is it that around about a quarter of Israelis still support me? In the NewsIsrael's Poster Child Is Strapped Into a War-and-peace SwingFor the First Time Since Cease-fire: Sirens in Tiberias and SurroundingsA Slow-motion Execution of the West Bank Health SystemIsrael Is Still Creating Tech Companies. They're Just Growing Somewhere ElseNDAs and No Phones: How Israel's President Keeps Talks With Citizens Under WrapsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Orders Unprecedented Seizure of Religious Site From Palestinian Authority'Israelis Are More Genocidal Than You Think': The 'Counter Hasbara' of Andrey XIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsNetanyahu's Promises of Victory in Iran End in a Glorious U.S. CapitulationUN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesPentagon Leaks Signal U.S. Effort to Blame Israel for Risks of Renewed Iran War