Counting down the minutes to the next Iran war, Netanyahu turns his attention to disarming Israel's democracy

The government's efforts to undermine and destroy everything it can and to turn Israel into an authoritarian state bordering on a dictatorship, have not ceased for a single moment ■ The High Court of Justice's decision to allow Ben-Gvir to remain in his position will have a domino effect

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Counting down the minutes to the next Iran war, Netanyahu turns his attention to disarming Israel's democracy

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The government's efforts to undermine and destroy everything it can and to turn Israel into an authoritarian state bordering on a dictatorship, have not ceased for a single moment ■ The High Court of Justice's decision to allow Ben-Gvir to remain in his position will have a domino effect

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Yossi Verter

06:01 AM • April 10 2026 IDT

The bitterness that many Israelis were feeling with the sudden end of the war with Iran, just as we were about to see the death of a complete civilization, is by now familiar. We've been there before.

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