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 formatSubscribeNehemia Shtrasler01:32 AM • July 22 2026 IDTFor two months, the supermarket dairy cases have been half empty. There are shortages of almost every product, but mainly of Tnuva cottage cheese. It is a situation that seems more like something out of the Third World, but that is exactly what is happening in Israel.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel economyIsrael foodIsrael agricultureCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMamdani Vs. NetanyahuSettler ViolenceU.S.-IranBroadcasting BillIsrael ElectionsHélène CixousHaQuizHaaretz PodcastForget Apartheid. Israel Is Engaged in Crimes of a Very Different KindSupreme 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 WarRemembering 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