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 formatSubscribeClockwise from top left: Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Ed Miliband and Avigdor Lieberman. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum, Olivier Fitoussi, Itay Cohen and Leon Neal/AP Clockwise from top left: Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Ed Miliband and Avigdor Lieberman. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum, Olivier Fitoussi, Itay Cohen and Leon Neal/AP The Israeli politicians who see themselves as an alternative to Netanyahu's extremist government have no interest in Palestinians in the West Bank or in Gaza - and they are helping to steer the Israeli ship further from the world | Analysis09:47 PM • September 10 2026 IDTWhen weighing the impact of the U.K. sanctions on Israeli politics, it's tempting to focus on the response of Israel's extremist ministers. But that diverts attention from a more revealing reaction – that of the people who claim they will replace Netanyahu's openly pro-settler government in the upcoming election. Do they have anything at all to say about the West Bank?In the NewsIsrael's Opposition Answered the U.K.'s West Bank Sanctions With a ShrugU.S. Jewish Groups Launch Fund to Channel Federal Tax Credit to Jewish SchoolsHow This Israeli City Challenges Jewish SupremacyTel Aviv Deputy Mayor Spreads Shas Campaign Materials in Municipal-run GroupTargeted: Gays and Protesters. The Israeli Cyber Firm Quietly Arming AutocratsRemembering 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