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 formatSubscribeYair Lapid and Naftali Bennett announce the merger of their parties, in May. Credit: Itay CohenThe emergence of the Bennett-Lapid alliance reveals that many Israeli self-styled liberals actually reject the most basic principle of liberalism04:41 PM • June 11 2026 IDTThere was widespread anger recently among supporters of the political-change bloc in Israel when, in response to an interviewer's question about his political views, the opposition leader, MK Yair Lapid, replied: "There's something irritating about the question itself." He went on to explain: "You know the truth: I am a Zionist and a patriot – not a leftist."In the NewsIsrael's Liberals Are Anything but LiberalPolice Repeatedly Mistreat Anti-gov't Protesters, State Attorneys Privately WarnNetanyahu Aide Indicted for Severe Espionage Allegations, Faces Barring From PMOIsraeli Police Uses Legally Dubious Methods to Arrest and Deport EritreansHow Israel Is Using Archaeology to Advance West Bank AnnexationRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know AboutSix-year-old Boy Punctures a Magritte Iconic Masterpiece at Israel MuseumOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelIf the Netanyahu Government Falls, This Will Be the Reason'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza