Haaretz Editorial12:42 AM • July 22 2026 IDTIt turns out that Supreme Court Justices Alex Stein and Yael Willner have very thin skin. The term "apartheid" knocks them off-balance – the balance that's supposed to be a judge's specialty. For Stein, as he said at a Supreme Court hearing on Monday, anyone who uses the term "apartheid" in reference to Israel "has no right to set foot in the State of Israel." Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel occupationWest BankIsraeli judiciary Human rightsJudicial coupIsrael Supreme CourtCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesIranTrumpNetanyahuGazaThe DemocratsThe Odyssey2026 World CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastSupreme Disgrace: Top Israeli Court Strangles Debate Over the Apartheid QuestionFormer Security Official to Be Indicted for Unlawful Gun License DistributionIDF Reportedly Aborted Strike on 'Terror Suspects' Who Were Settler ActivistsNetanyahu's AI Campaign Video Seemingly Mocks Eisenkot's Son, Killed in Gaza WarNetherlands to Ban Import of Goods From Israeli Settlements in West BankRemembering 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 FightDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote