Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsAnalysis The tainted election of Israel's new state watchdog, a position meant to safeguard integrity and fight corruption, was anything but. Michael Rabello joins an orgy of dubious and deeply flawed appointments by Benjamin NetanyahuShare 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 formatSubscribe06:48 AM • June 05 2026 IDTIf the newly elected state watchdog, Michael Rabello, were a reasonable man, he would have been quick to announce that he is refusing the honor after seeing how the vote in the Knesset was tainted by threats and overt pressure. CommentsIn the NewsSolution to Hezbollah Drones Exists – Is the IDF Ready for the Next Threat?IDF Chief Condemns Far-right MK Visit to Joseph's Tomb Over Diversion of Troops'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over GazaPolice Increasingly Suspect Criminal Motive in Killing of Israeli CoupleThe Don, the Underboss and the Consigliere: Israel Is Officially Run by a MafiaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This'The Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the Start