01:45 AM • June 29 2026 IDT
Netanyahu's desperate 'unity' pitch admits his far-right coalition's failure
Like a serial con man who knows no other way, Netanyahu slips back into his smooth-talking persona before every election, even as he wages a brutal assault on Israel's democracy, before he might lose his far-right majority
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During a Knesset debate in 2013, then-MK Jamal Zahalka, who led an Arab party, heckled the Jewish lawmakers with the following declaration: "We were here before you, and we will be here after you." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaped up. He went to the podium and provided this punchy answer: "The first half isn't true, and the second half won't be."
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