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 formatSubscribe07:07 PM • July 02 2026 IDTFifteen years ago, during a 2011 speech at the Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv think tank with close ties to the security establishment, then-Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned that Israel was about to face "a diplomatic tsunami, of which most of the public is not aware."In the NewsKnesset Advances Bill Allowing Police to Search for Weapons Without WarrantCan Israel's Most Right-wing Gov't Ever Lose an Election Because of Security?Israel's Top Court Orders Revote for Netanyahu's Lawyer as State WatchdogIran Warns U.S., Israel Against Attacks Ahead of Khamenei FuneralThe Iran War Has Become Israel's Icarus MomentRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsA Collapsing Society: Israel Suffers National Mental Crisis Due to the WarFlagGate: How Israel Set Off a Storm by Hosting a Separatist Genocide DenierWhy Israelis Should Stop Being Afraid of Mamdani-backed Brad LanderSettlers Tried to Torch Palestinian Homes. They Messed With the Wrong Village