Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today With the utter debacle of Israel's strategy in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza now fully on display, there is both a political opportunity and a moral imperative for a leader willing to tell the Israeli public the hard truth: the belief that overwhelming military force trumps diplomacy has failedShare 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 formatSubscribe07:51 PM • June 24 2026 IDTWhen right-wing Israeli figures want to speak to what they imagine as a sympathetic, and perhaps even influential, American audience, they often do so in the pages of The Wall Street Journal's opinion section. It was noteworthy, then, that Avigdor Liberman, leader of the secular right-wing populist party Yisrael Beitenu and, in his own words, "a candidate for prime minister," published an English-language op-ed earlier this week in which he laid out his position on the U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding and the emerging contours of the deal – one to which, as Liberman observed with a combination of frustration and defiance, Israel is not a party.In the NewsIsrael's Strategy Has Failed. Why Can't Netanyahu's Opponents Say It Out Loud?NY Primaries Send a Clear Message: Democrats Must Reckon With Israel, AIPACThe Iran War's Real and Only Winner1.5 Years, 98 Hearings: Netanyahu's Testimony in His Graft Trial Comes to an EndCanadian Human Rights Museum Faces Backlash Over Nakba Exhibit Ahead of OpeningRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?As the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for Israel