Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsSharren Haskel, who recently resigned from the government, told the top court that Likud pressured coalition MKs to support Netanyahu's attorney Rabello, thus preventing them from voting independently – contradicting Likud's claim that the MKs weren't told to do soShare 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 formatSubscribe09:30 PM • July 23 2026 IDTA lawmaker who recently left the government told Israel's top court that she and other members of her faction were instructed to vote for the Likud's candidate for state comptroller, document their ballots and present proof of their votes to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a highly contested vote held last month. CommentsIn the NewsEven if Israel Ends Settler Violence, the Violence of the Occupation Will RemainEilat Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering a Migrant Worker in JerusalemIn Two-month First, Oil Tops $100 a Barrel After Houthis Strike TankersKozo Okamoto, Who Killed 24 in 1972 Airport Attack in Israel, Dies at 78U.K.'s Hackney Aims to End Twinship With Israel's Haifa Over 'Ongoing Conflict'Remembering 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 Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'