Meanwhile in Migdal HaEmek: Netanyahu wearing a virtual reality headset

Netanyahu at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for a memorial honoring fallen members of the Christian community:

“We are facing a global assault on the State of Israel and the IDF, in which we are portrayed as perpetrators of war crimes and persecutors of minorities.

This is the greatest absurdity imaginable to say about the most moral army in the world and about the State of Israel, which is an island of progress and security.

Israel is the only place in the Middle East where the Christian community is flourishing—but the world is being swept up in the big lie.”

Netanyahu following the meeting of Arab local council heads with Eisenkot: “They’re all counting on a government that relies on the Arab parties.”

Eliminated

Netanyahu’s VR headset video also made its way to Lieberman.

The Ministerial Committee for Shin Bet Affairs decided today (without the prime minister) to authorize the Shin Bet to independently determine the security arrangements required for party leaders who are private citizens and do not currently have security protection (such as Eisenkot, for example) — until the 26th Knesset is sworn in.

This means that Zini will decide whether and how to provide security for Eisenkot, Golan, and Ofer Winter. Bennett, Lapid, and Lieberman already receive security protection due to their previous positions.

IDF Chief of Staff Zamir in the Galilee Division:

“As long as the Lebanese Armed Forces do not significantly improve their effectiveness on the ground, it will not be possible to advance Hezbollah’s disarmament. We will not allow the terrorist organization to rebuild its strength.”

“The campaign is not over yet, and challenges still lie ahead.”

Netanyahu, following the controversy over the film “Naza”: “We will revoke the citizenship of anyone who slanders IDF soldiers, and hit them financially.”

Gadi Eisenkot answers a question about how he would prevent “Shiklis and Silmans” in his own party.

In his response, he takes a jab at Bennett and says he would institute an ethical code in the party stipulating that anyone who can no longer abide by the party’s path would be required to return their Knesset seat and resign (following Amit Segal’s report):

“Silman, Shikli, and their associates would not have been in my party. I think what Shikli and Silman did was disgraceful. We will have an ethical code requiring anyone who disagrees with the party’s path and wants to leave the party not to defect, but rather to return their Knesset seat.”

In fact, Eisenkot confirms the report here.

Eisenkot on Shikli recently: “I respect him for his principled decision to leave.”

Yesterday with Eisenkot, today with Wasserlauf

The head of the Bedouin local council of Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam, who participated in a meeting with Yashar chairman, declares his support for Otzma Yehudit and takes a jab at Ra’am: “Anyone who is against the state is also against me.”

Nearly two years after a disciplinary investigation was opened against Roi Kahlon, then the acting Civil Service Commissioner, over allegations that he inflated his résumé while applying for senior positions in the public service, the Attorney General has decided to file disciplinary charges against him (not criminal proceedings). The decision was made with the agreement of the Haifa District Attorney, who has been overseeing the investigation.

For the past three years, Kahlon has served as head of the task force combating crime in Arab society, under the Prime Minister’s Office.

It was also decided that several specific supplementary investigative steps would be carried out and are expected to be completed within one to two weeks.

Kahlon was last questioned about a week ago. He claimed that he was being subjected to an improper campaign of persecution by the Attorney General, and further argued that she herself should have been investigated for allegedly inflating her résumé when applying for the position.

The Attorney General’s office responded: “The investigation has not yet been completed.”

This is Sodom:
The investigation into Kahlon, an enemy of the State Attorney’s Office, ended with absolutely nothing, yet now it will also be dragged into disciplinary proceedings.

Meanwhile, despite the promises, the investigation into Gilad Kariv was opened almost three years ago—and there is still no decision.

For the first time in the 2026 election polling, a Channel 13 poll shows Netanyahu’s bloc larger than the bloc opposing him.

Netanyahu’s Likud itself is at 18 seats, Winter is already at 6, and Yoezer and Yarkhi do not cross the electoral threshold.

News 16 poll: Eisenkot bloc leads 53–52

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