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 formatSubscribe12:18 AM • June 29 2026 IDTIt isn't at all surprising that during the exchange of fire between Iran and Israel two weeks ago – an event that only entrenched Iran's position even further in advance of the signing of the memorandum of understanding with the United States, which clearly favors Iran – former prime minister and chairman of the Beyahad (Together) party, Naftali Bennett, urged Israel "to act forcefully." Because after all, Bennett is a right-winger, and the role of the right in Israel is to be the first to applaud a demonstration of military might at every operational opportunity.In the NewsDon't Support Netanyahu's Wars, BennettGreat Idea, NetanyahuFormer Israeli Hostage Calls Out Smotrich for Taking Credit for Freeing Hostages'Stop This Goddamn War': Capt. David Hazutt, Killed in Lebanon, Laid to RestIDF Says It Killed Militants in Israel-controlled Territory in Southern SyriaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowA Collapsing Society: Israel Suffers National Mental Crisis Due to the WarFlagGate: How Israel Set Off a Storm by Hosting a Separatist Genocide DenierIsrael, the Country We Love, the Country We're Ashamed OfIsraeli Killed in Montreal Attack, Shooter Allegedly Linked to Incel Ideology