Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today When state violence is directed at Palestinians, loyalty to the government and loyalty to the state are one and the same. The debate over that loyalty, if anything, exposes the fundamental limits of Israeli democracyShare 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 formatSubscribe08:01 PM • July 09 2026 IDTIsraelis are asking a fundamental – and perhaps ultimately futile – question these days: To whom should the country's security and law enforcement agencies be loyal – the political leaders who appointed them, or the state itself?CommentsIn the NewsNot Jewish? Don't Answer: Who Should Israel's Security Agencies Be Loyal To?Who's Next? Platner's Possible Replacements and Their Stance on IsraelU.S. Democrat Lawmakers Urge Israel Release 'Kidnapped' Gaza Doctor Abu SafiyaRahm Emanuel Wants to Save Israel. But Are Israelis Listening?Analysis | If Netanyahu Loses the Election, Will He Go Full Trump?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians InsideMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding Israel