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 formatSubscribeThe treatment of the former military advocate general reveals a system in which those who enforce the law can themselves become targets when they challenge the group, at least this is the case with the former military advocate12:27 AM • August 28 2026 IDTEvery time I see Defense Minister Israel Katz's slack face, I'm reminded of a movie called "The Wave." Once, when Israel was young, it wanted to warn its sons and daughters lest they be swept up by herd-like conformism, by relinquishing independent judgment for the sake of blind obedience and for belonging to a group at any price. In the NewsCan Israel Escape the Bibi-ist, Kahanist Wave That Threatens to Inundate It?Gaza Militias Are Israel's War-crime ProxiesU.S. Patriot Missile Stocks in Europe Are 'Beyond Critical,' Officials SayHaaretz CartoonBen-Gvir Defies Netanyahu, Warns Smotrich Alliance Could Scare Off VotersRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About It'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'David Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaBen-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes