Share 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 formatSubscribe06:01 AM • August 21 2026 IDTNaftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman woke up last Friday, separately, to a maddening Haaretz Hebrew headline: If the opposition doesn't win a majority in the Knesset, Gadi Eisenkot plans to form a minority government "with a clear Zionist majority" and endeavor to increase it afterward. He won't ask for anything from the Arab parties. They can do as they wish. In the News'Cannibalizing the Camp': The Petty Politics Destroying Israel's OppositionAs Hamas Rebuilds in Gaza, Israelis Across the Border Lose Faith in the IDFIDF: Palestinian Shot Dead in West Bank After Attacking Soldier With KnifeAIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California ProgressiveHaaretz CartoonRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest LiesSo Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?
Analysis • 'Cannibalizing the Camp': The petty politics destroying Israel's opposition
Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman are both convinced that Gadi Eisenkot has turned on them; meanwhile, Netanyahu successfully purged his rivals in the Likud primaries, but the prime minister once again walked into his own trap






