Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis Less than two months before the election, the prime minister himself is putting the 2023 Hamas massacre right back at the top of the national agenda ■ The renewed focus highlights at least three of Netanyahu's major failures ■ And what Israel failed to learn from the war in UkraineShare 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 formatSubscribeSeptember 04, 2026Whether it's a calculated decision, or an irresistible urge, the prime minister and his circle are stubbornly perseverating on the October 7 massacre, in a way that's unlikely to bring Likud more votes. With the election less than two months away, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are back to talking about the massacre almost daily. And like Netanyahu himself, his wife, advisers and mouthpieces are finding it difficult to give a coherent or persuasive account of his behavior on that day (or before it, or in its first hours). Their explanations are sliding into the realm of conspiracies and lies.In the NewsJohn 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 SettlementsEarliest Known Drug Use and Its Consequences Discovered in IndonesiaRemembering 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?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionNetanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 Exposé