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 formatSubscribeUri Misgav01:57 AM • June 18 2026 IDTBenjamin Netanyahu is finished. Politically, legally, and public-wise. His health isn't so great either. His country is exhausted and battered. His life's work ("the Iranian threat") ended in resounding geostrategic failure. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:LebanonWest BankIDFGazaIsrael - IranBenjamin NetanyahuOctober 7CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealIranNetanyahuRoman BustsTrumpEl AlHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Is in the Dangerous Twilight Days of Netanyahu's RuleU.S. and Iran Sign Memorandum to End WarImmunity for Me, Not for Thee: Israeli Lawmakers Chose to Protect Their OwnIsrael's Defeat in Iran Isn't a Disaster – It's an Opportunity to Face the TruthNetanyahu's Excellent English Didn't Save 1,200 Israelis on October 7Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?Fork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the OccupationThe Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in France