Current sectionIsrael NewsShare 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 formatSubscribeMansour Abbas, the United Arab List leader who has repeatedly been asked to condemn Hamas. Credit: Moti MilrodMansour Abbas, the United Arab List leader who has repeatedly been asked to condemn Hamas. Credit: Moti MilrodFrom Mansour Abbas to Hasan Piker and even Obama, mob-demands for condemnation (terrorism or otherwise) have gone overboard. They also make forced speech meaningless, populist and even StalinistSeptember 03, 2026Wednesday morning in Israel this week offered another run-of-the mill interview with a shameless liar, in a low, dishonest era. Almog Cohen is a deputy minister who moved to Likud from Otzma Yehudit, two parties that are practically indistinguishable, and he spent a long rush-hour traffic radio interview on 103FM talking in circles about how up is down.In the NewsEisenkot's Knesset Party Slate Leaves Israel's anti-Netanyahu Bloc ConcernedJohn Malkovich Cancels Israel Performance Over Quotes Falsely Attributed to HimTrump: Iran War Will End 'Immediately' After the U.S. Midterm ElectionDenisovan Culture Revealed in Bat Cave in ChinaU.S. Jewish Umbrella Group Condemns Import Ban on Goods From Israeli SettlementsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Netanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéWater Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of Destruction