The bloc that is supposed to cleanse the cesspool of Israeli politics is submitting to Netanyahu's discourse dictates. How is it that the man who has inflicted so much damage on the country still sets the agenda for those who aspire to replace him?Noa Limone06:32 AM • August 31 2026 IDTIn recent weeks, the right has mounted an unprecedented campaign of racial incitement against Israeli Arabs. True, we are swimming up to our waists in racism; it is the carbon-rich air we breathe. While we have long been accustomed to the hate politics that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies are pouring out like poison ahead of the election, the attacks emanating simultaneously from the Likud, Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit campaigns and their supporters in the settlements have crossed an ugly threshold.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli politicsTwo-state solutionIsraeli electionsArab IsraelisBenjamin NetanyahuCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankChief RabbiGaza Militias El-Sayed NetanyahuOfer WinterRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu's Right Is Turning anti-Arab Incitement Into Election StrategyIDF: Risk of Palestinians Firing Back at Unrestrained Violent SettlersWho Wrote the Zohar?Let Our People Choose: Israel Must Legalize Same-sex MarriageIran's IRGC Says It Attacked Two U.S. Bases in Jordan With Ballistic MissilesRemembering 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 CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes