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 formatSubscribeOn the right, they've collapsed into what they consider Jewish, while on the left into what they perceive as Zionist. If there's a way out of the crisis, it's a double-negation – neither Jewish nor Zionist. Only Israeli identity02:22 AM • July 10 2026 IDT"The State of Israel has no choice but establishing a Zionist unity government." (Benny Gantz); "We'll establish a Zionist and statesmanlike government for Israel." (Gadi Eisenkot); "We will soon establish a Zionist government here." (Naftali Bennett); "We need a Zionist and statesmanlike coalition." (Avigdor Lieberman); "We're the principled, ideological, political-security and Zionist backbone of the democratic-liberal camp." (The Democrats/Yair Golan); and the last to come under the Zionist umbrella: Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel, who promised "to lead to the establishment of a broad, Zionist government."In the NewsIsraeli Out, Zionist In: How Israel Lost Its Shared IdentityIran's Other Weapon: How Israel Woke Up Late to the Election Interference ThreatThe Thin Line Between Netanyahu's 'I Lost Weight' and Abu Safiya's StarvationIsrael Says IDF to Stay in Lebanon 'Security Zone' Despite Withdrawal Framework'I Wanted to Be the Only Israeli in the Parisian Group. It's More Fun'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