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 formatSubscribeUri MisgavJuly 16, 2026Wednesday morning, I got up at 6:30 A.M. and headed for the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court. I wasted half a working day there in yet another absurd hearing forced on me by the Netanyahu family. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Benjamin NetanyahuYair NetanyahuSara NetanyahuCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-Saudi DealIranGazaPalestinian AuthorityLindsey GrahamIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'Israel Can't Just Pour Billions Into PR and Expect Its U.S. Image to Improve'Relying Less on Fighter Jets? Israel Weighs Massive Cruise Missile PurchaseThe 100 Year Itch: Marilyn Monroe's Last Message Is Still RelevantBehind Every Israeli Who Bombs and Burns Is a Mother or Wife Who Refuses to KnowOver 1,000 Jews Visit Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount Compound for Tisha B'AvRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election