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 formatSubscribeThis is not nationalism, but a coherent ideology in its own right07:18 AM • August 29 2026 IDTIn our daily lives we occasionally encounter people without a conscience – people who behave with utter selfishness, disregarding the existence and needs of others. But there is another, more dangerous type: the seemingly conscientious person who speaks in the name of morality and justice, and invests time and resources in promoting lofty values. Yet everyone around them who has even the least capacity for judgment can see that, in their pursuit of justice, they are sowing destruction and devastation. In the NewsIsrael's Leaders Are Fully Embracing the Role of the VillainVisa, Mastercard Launch Payments in Syria After U.S. Lifts Terror DesignationIRGC Navy Says It Has 'Full Control' Over Strait of HormuzIsrael Election Could Swing Shekel by Up to 3 Percent, JPMorgan EstimatesHaredim Again Block Bnei Brak Neighborhood, Cutting Off Secular ResidentsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'
Opinion | Israel's leaders are fully embracing the role of the villain
This is not nationalism, but a coherent ideology in its own right






