An October election looming, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich demand Hezbollah's destruction while opposition brands the US-Iran deal Netanyahu's failure
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Qassem calls the disarmament drive a 'roadmap to annihilate' as Israel vows an open-ended stay in south Lebanon and keeps striking past the ceasefire deadline
The prime minister leaves the stand calling the case a 'Stasi' operation as a verdict slips toward 2027 and an election toward autumn
Q1 GDP shrank 3.3% from the Iran war, but the ceasefire sends the currency to a 1993 peak and ratings outlooks to stable — even as Smotrich fights a record defence budget
The president pushes a mediated plea deal Netanyahu won't take — admitting wrongdoing and quitting politics — while Trump calls Herzog 'weak and pathetic'
The chief of staff raises '10 red flags' over reservist strain while Israel tallies $1.1bn+ in missile damage and 45,000 home-front claims
A judge fixes the date Netanyahu wanted, the latest possible; a dissolution bill that would have pulled it earlier is in play