Current sectionOpinionHaaretz EditorialShare 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 formatSubscribeHaaretz Editorial05:02 AM • June 21 2026 IDTPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a ninth front in his ever-escalating wars: U.S. President Donald Trump. This is an attack that undermines the most fundamental tenets of Israel's national security and its place in the world. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:IranIsrael - U.S.HezbollahBenjamin NetanyahuDonald TrumpJD VanceIsrael's MediaChannel 14CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealIsrael ElectionsGaza Cease-fireJD VancePayoneerHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu, Rein in Attack Dogs Targeting Trump: He Is Your Only HopeWill Israel's Presence in Lebanon Make a U.S-Iran Deal Impossible?How the Iranian Guards Business Empire Will Win Big if U.S. Sanctions Are LiftedReform Jews Praise Netanyahu Backtrack on Far-right Aide for NY Consul General20 Protesters Arrested at Iranian Opposition Rally in ParisRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That