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 formatSubscribeIt is impossible to build a shared future on an idea with which a large proportion of the country's citizens cannot identifyYehudit Karp03:37 PM • August 04 2026 IDTThe declarations by a few of the opposition parties that the next government will be a "Zionist government" grate on my ears and trouble my heart and mind.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:ZionismPalestiniansJewish nation-stateOpinionCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesElbit-UAEGazaWest Bank IDF Chief Michigan PrimaryNetanyahuEmigrationElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Time Has Come to Move Beyond Zionism and Become IsraelisIsraelis Abroad Removed From Voter Rolls Ahead of Upcoming ElectionU.S., Iran Trade Conflicting Claims Over Talks as Hormuz Tensions PersistThe Ancient City in Israel That Survived by Being ForgottenHezbollah Disarmament, Pilot Zones: Next Round of Israel-Lebanon Talks UnderwayRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab EmiratesTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of Commander'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-Sayed