Current sectionArt & CultureShare 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 formatSubscribeBenjamin and Sara Netanyahu at Eden Ben Zaken's concert. Netanyahu told the crowd, "The people of Israel live." Credit: Screenshot from Benjamin Netanyahu's TikTok pageBenjamin and Sara Netanyahu's surprise appearance at Mediterranean pop star Eden Ben Zaken's concert laid bare how the prime minister sees Israelis: not as citizens, but as subjects – a captive audience of die-hard, uncritical fansNissan Shor05:38 PM • August 24 2026 IDTI visited my parents in Haifa last Saturday night. They were sitting in their usual position – on the sofa, facing Channel 14. I asked them to turn off the television. They refused. For them, turning off the pro-government Channel 14 is like turning off the sun. I suggested they at least mute it so we could have a normal conversation without the drivel, incitement and propaganda in the background. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:MizrahiLikudIsraeli politicsBenjamin NetanyahuPop CultureSara NetanyahuCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaZvi SuccotNetanyahuHasan PikerIran SanctionsMansour AbbasIsrairHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu Has Entered His Fat Elvis EraA Few Good Women: Photos of Israelis Protesting the War While Most Stay Silent'Cascade of Wimps': How Israel Shamed Those Who Chose to LeaveWhy Some Israeli Artists Think Twice Before Speaking OutEastern Exposure: A Groundbreaking 1930s Portrait Series From PalestineRemembering 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 ExistsHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About It