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 formatSubscribe01:13 AM • August 25 2026 IDTThe trick National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir played on Benjamin Netanyahu was nothing less than brilliant, a maneuver that deserves to be studied by political science departments around the world. In a case of cosmic timing, just two months before the general election, Ben-Gvir and Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu announced that the remains of the Irgun arms ship Atalena had been discovered deep in the Mediterranean, 78 years after it was sunk on orders of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.In the NewsFocus on Israel 2026: Netanyahu Found the Perfect Time to Find the AltalenaHaaretz CartoonSecular Residents in Bnei Brak Trapped by Unlawful Haredi Shabbat RoadblocksNetanyahu, an Electoral Leper, Searches for Treasure in the Political JunkyardIsraelis Only See the Victim When It's a DonkeyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?Being Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About It