Share 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 formatSubscribe01:45 AM • June 29 2026 IDTDuring a Knesset debate in 2013, then-MK Jamal Zahalka heckled the Jewish lawmakers with the following declaration: "We were here before you, and we will be here after you." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaped up. He went to the podium and provided this punchy answer: "The first half isn't true, and the second half won't be."In the NewsIn Peddling 'Unity' After Next Election, Prime Minister Is Admitting DefeatIsrael Says It Destroyed Major Hezbollah Tunnel in South LebanonAfter October 7, the New Israeli Has Emerged – More Liberal, Middle EasternDon't Support Netanyahu's Wars, BennettGreat Idea, NetanyahuRemembering 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 OfWhy Israelis Should Stop Being Afraid of Mamdani-backed Brad Lander