Current sectionOpinionHaaretz EditorialShare 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 formatSubscribeHaaretz Editorial01:15 AM • July 31 2026 IDTThere may already be a journalist in an Israeli television or newspaper newsroom who will soon be physically assaulted, perhaps even killed. The journalist doesn't know it yet, and perhaps the assailant also doesn't know who the victim will be, but the countdown has begun.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:IDFLikudIsraeli politicsBenjamin NetanyahuHuman rightsIsrael's MediaCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankNetanyahu-TrumpBen-GvirGaza Board of PeaceBarbara ButchIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu Wanted Washington to Act on Iran, Now He Says It Wasn't His DecisionAmericans Don't Have an Israel Problem. They Have a Netanyahu ProblemSettlers Plan 'Memorial Hikes' Through West Bank Villages After Deadly Clashes'It's Bigger Than Abdul': In Dearborn, Beating AIPAC May Be the Real PrizeTop Court Overturns Police Ban on Protest for Release of Killed Man's BodyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitAl Jazeera Reportedly Ends Contracts of Over 20 Gazan JournalistsWith the West Bank Primed to Explode, Israel's Government Sees an OpportunityTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensTwo Israelis, Four Palestinians Killed in Clash After Settlers Enter TownThese Young Israelis Are Calling for the Zionist Left to Confront the Occupation