Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony commemorating 59 years of Israeli rule in East Jerusalem, at Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem, May. Credit: Itay CohenThe ultra-Orthodox are fighting for autonomy, while the far-right are battling for leadership. Netanyahu's Likud, holding this alliance together, just wants to make sure it writes the rules of the game | Analysis10:06 PM • June 18 2026 IDTOne explanation for the chaos that has engulfed the country in the twilight of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing-religious coalition is that its constituent parties are at war, in one way or another, with the state that they have been tasked with governing.In the NewsRight-wing Religious post-Zionism: Netanyahu's Coalition Is at War With IsraelIsrael's Failure to Court Young U.S Evangelicals Shows the Limits of HasbaraSeven Israelis Convicted of Lynching Arab Man During 2021 Nationalist RiotsWest Bank Properties Sold at London Israel Real Estate Event Despite DenialsIDF Presents Expanded Lebanon Occupation Zone, Challenging U.S.-Iran PactRemembering 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 TiesFork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the OccupationNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIran Reportedly Calls Off Missile Strikes on Israel After Trump Intervenes