Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Share 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 formatSubscribeCredit: Olivier Fitoussi. Design: Nadav GazitIt weakened the courts, hollowed out state institutions, demeaned hostage families and advanced sectarian legislation. By the time Netanyahu's government leaves office, Israel will no longer be the country it wasNoa Shpigel09:54 PM • July 19 2026 IDTDuring last week's Knesset session on the law halting the arrest of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, Knesset Deputy Speaker Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) tried to restore order in the plenum, standing in for Speaker Amir Ohana, who for reasons unknown ceded control of the volatile debate. Had shame finally surfaced in the final week of the 25th Knesset? Probably not.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:KnessetBenjamin NetanyahuItamar Ben-GvirBezalel SmotrichIsraeli judiciary October 7Attorney General of IsraelCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMamdani-NetanyahuResettle GazaU.S.-IranStrait of HormuzIsrael Elections2026 World CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastWhile the World Focuses on Cease-fire Talks, Settlers Are Reimagining GazaNetanyahu Threatens to Cancel Likud Primary Amid Iran EscalationDefense Minister Orders IDF to Remove Anti-gov't Activist From Reserve ServiceIsrael Reclassifies Nile Crocodile to Facilitate Ben-Gvir's 'Alligator Alcatraz'Israeli Ministers Join Far-right March to Gaza Calling to Resettle StripRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?As Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the Fight103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them