Current sectionIsrael NewsAnalysis Allowing the ultra-Orthodox parties to return to power in a Netanyahu coalition risks irreversibly consigning Israel to a future of povertyShare 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 formatSubscribeDavid Rosenberg06:10 AM • June 06 2026 IDTIsraelis will be going to the polls sometime in September or October. Many are looking at their vote as one for or against Benjamin Netanyahu, whether he and his government should take responsibility for the failures of October 7, and whether Israeli democracy will continue on the road to illiberalism.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel educationUltra-OrthodoxHaredim Israeli politicsIsrael economyArab IsraelisBenjamin NetanyahuOctober 7CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesLebanonMacron SnubWest BankHaredi ProtestMichael RabelloHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIran Says It Struck U.S. Bases in Middle East in Response to U.S. StrikesIreland Bars Entry of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir Into the CountryIDF Fatally Shoots Baby, Wounds Parents in West Bank, Medics SayHezbollah Veto of Cease-fire Means North Israel Exposed Until IDF Quits LebanonNeanderthals Ate Flies, New Study RevealsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartThey Fled Putin's Russia for Israel – and Could Swing the Election