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 formatSubscribeOctober 7 exposed the failure at the heart of Netanyahu's life work. Everything since has been an attempt to bury it beneath larger disasters11:47 PM • June 11 2026 IDTHBO has made a movie about Bernie Madoff, the greatest Jewish American conman of all time, who carried out the largest Ponzi scheme in history. It's called – and does this remind you of anyone? – "The Wizard of Lies." In one scene, Madoff is interviewed in prison by Diana B. Henriques, the journalist on whose book the film is based. She asks, "If you didn't plan on killing yourself, or going into hiding, how did you think it would end?" In the NewsNetanyahu's Endgame Is the End of Us AllThe Government Is Taking Revenge on Israel's Top Law Enforcement WatchdogBennette's Challenge Is to Draw in the Women Who May Decide Israel's ElectionIt's Water That May Bring Iran to Its KneesHaaretz CartoonRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMISix-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 GazaNetanyahu May Find His Way Back From Trump's Humiliation, but Back to What?