TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition may collapse next week, after one of his key ultra-Orthodox coalition partners called for the parliament to be dissolved.

Israeli media are widely reporting that new national elections may be called for early September.

"We have no trust in Netanyahu anymore," Degel HaTorah, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish faction in Netanyahu's coalition, said in a public statement. "We must move to dissolve the parliament imminently."


https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/g-s1-121631/israel-military-ultra-orthodox-netanyahu-coalition


Netanyahu's prosecution for war crimes could be nearer that most thought.

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Killing terrorists is not a crime.


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Israeli forces had killed senior Hamas military commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a senior commander in the military wing of Hamas, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in an airstrike in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Friday.

A political poll by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan published on Tuesday put Likud in first place in voting intentions, with a narrow lead over Beyahad – the joint list of Lapid and Bennett.

However, neither bloc appears capable of forming a government, given the fragmented electorate.

According to the poll, Likud would win 26 seats out of 120 in the Knesset, down from 32 in the outgoing parliament, while Beyahad would secure 25, ahead of Yashar (Straight) – the centre-right formation led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot.

Eisenkot is seen as a potential ally of Lapid and Bennett.

Many Israelis blame Netanyahu for the security failure that enabled the unprecedented attack by Hamas.

Since then, he has pledged to achieve a “total victory” over Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iran – a goal that still remains elusive after more than two and a half years of multifront conflict.

Lapid and Bennett intend to make central campaign themes the establishment of a national inquiry commission into the 7 October attacks – aimed at assigning responsibility for the deadliest day in Israel’s history – as well as legislation to subject ultra-Orthodox Jews to compulsory military service.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/13/israels-ruling-coalition-proposes-early-elections-amid-ultra-orthodox-anger-at-netanyahu?CMP=share_btn_url

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqvgUKcLMQ

הילד העברי הקטן משנה נואשות את שם השרשור.

Why is Netanyahu so popular in Israel?

Netanyahu rose to prominence after his election as chair of Likud in 1993, becoming leader of the opposition. In the 1996 general election, Netanyahu became the first Israeli prime minister elected directly by popular vote.

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs כל כך עצבני כי הוא הומוסקסואל

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From October 2025 !

https://www.jns.org/israel-news/netanyahus-approval-ratings-at-all-time-high-poll

Over half of Israelis want PM Netanyahu to retire from politics, not run in Knesset election - poll

Poll: 55% of Israelis want Netanyahu to step down, as the coalition drops to 49 seats and the opposition strengthens to a majority.

The weekly survey found that both Likud and Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit Party dropped one seat each compared to last week.

This would drop the coalition bloc to 49 mandates, while the opposition (not including Arab parties) strengthened to a majority of 61 seats.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-896302


Израиль проигрывает

tallowood wrote on May 16^th, 2026 at 12:00pm:

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Who were the terrorists in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s?

Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, followed by North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, according to new global polling published by Nira Data as part of its 2026 democracy and country perception research.

The five most positively perceived countries were Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden and Italy.

The findings place Israel at the bottom of the Global Country Perceptions 2026 ranking, a survey of 46,667 respondents assessing how 129 countries and three international organisations are viewed around the world. The ranking was published alongside Nira Data’s 2026 Democracy Perception Index, which surveyed 94,146 respondents across 98 countries on how citizens experience democracy in their own countries.

The result marks another sign of Israel’s deepening international isolation amid its genocide in Gaza, mass displacement of Palestinians, starvation policies and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s global image has collapsed as human rights organisations, UN experts and international courts have warned of grave violations of international law by the occupation state.

The United States also suffered a dramatic collapse in global standing. Washington is now ranked among the five most negatively perceived countries in the world, below both Russia and China in international favourability. Its net perception score fell from +22 per cent in 2024 to -16 per cent in 2026, a 38-point drop in just two years...

The collapse in Israel’s standing comes as global public opinion has shifted sharply against the occupation state over its assault on Gaza. Since October 2023, Israel has killed over 74 thousand Palestinians, destroyed most of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, displaced nearly the entire population and imposed conditions that UN experts and genocide scholars have described as genocidal.

For the US, the findings point to the steep cost of Washington’s continued military, diplomatic and political support for Israel. While successive US administrations have shielded Israel from accountability at the UN and continued arms transfers despite mounting evidence of war crimes, the survey suggests that global publics increasingly associate American power with impunity, double standards and destabilising wars.


https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260513-israel-becomes-worlds-most-disliked-country-global-survey-finds/