Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Analysis How Trump blew up the prime minister's escape plan from his trial ■ The coalition is warmly embracing criminals, and to hell with national security ■ Tally Gotliv will get her immunity, but she failed to achieve her real goalShare 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 formatSubscribeYossi VerterJune 12, 2026Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a plan designed to delay the conclusion of his cross-examination in the last in a series of corruption cases by five weeks, until the courts' long summer recess: He would order a symbolic attack on Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut's Dahiyeh. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:HamasShin BetKnessetIsraeli politicsIsrael intelligenceBenjamin NetanyahuDonald TrumpOctober 7Israel Supreme CourtAttorney General of IsraelCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealHormuzUNRWAIsrael ElectionsPark Slope Food Co-opWorld CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAnti-government Protests Take Place Across IsraelTrump: U.S.-Iran Deal Set to Be Signed on Sunday, Hormuz to Reopen Upon SigningHungarian Fighter Jets Escort Israeli Passenger Plane After Contact LostIsrael and Hezbollah Trade Fire; Iran: Lebanon Truce Includes IDF WithdrawalReport: Iran Planted Mines Around Uranium Cache Amid Fears of U.S. RaidRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMISix-year-old Boy Punctures a Magritte Iconic Masterpiece at Israel MuseumTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election CampaignOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelNetanyahu May Find His Way Back From Trump's Humiliation, but Back to What?What's the Difference Between Jewish and Palestinian Terror?Netanyahu's Middle East Doctrine Has Collapsed – and It's Costing Him Washington