Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis As long as appointments are based on one's loyalty to Netanyahu, there will always be someone more qualified – like Michael Rabello, who tried to recruit lawyers for the PM and was involved in plea bargain negotiations. His appointment as state comptroller should be disqualified, and not because of the breach of secrecy in the voteShare 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 formatSubscribe10:14 PM • June 19 2026 IDTThe dark cloud hanging over Israel in March 2023 was impossible to ignore. The judicial overhaul sponsored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was met with unprecedented civil resistance, as hundreds of thousands protested across the country and blocked roads. President Isaac Herzog's attempt to broker a compromise failed.CommentsIn the NewsShin Bet and IDF Planned to Warn Netanyahu Before Oct. 7. Mossad Head RefusedReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell TrumpTop Elections Official Tells Ben-Gvir to Take Down Gaza Flotilla Activists VideoAfter It Won the Qualifiers, Iran Now Seeks a Path to the Final on Its Own TermsIsrael, Hezbollah Agree to Cease-fire in Lebanon, Israeli Official SaysRemembering 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 TiesNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That