“Netanyahu Will Leave, But the State Will Die With Him.”

~ Frank Bette

"The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, one of Israel's most important and respected publications, published an article on May 1, 2026, that has left everyone speechless. Columnist Carolina Landsmann bluntly titled it:

“Netanyahu Will Leave, But the State Will Die With Him.”

In clear and direct terms, the journalist states that Netanyahu will eventually retire from politics (there are rumors of a deal allowing him to leave without going to prison), but that the damage he has already done to the country is so extensive that the State of Israel as we know it will not survive. This is not an outsider's critique. It is from someone inside Israel, writing in an Israeli newspaper, declaring that the entire project is finished.

According to her, Netanyahu has completely dismantled the foundations of the country. Israeli society is shattered, more divided than ever before, and there is no way to put it back together. The army, once the pride of all, is tired, worn down, and lacks its former strength. Israel no longer has friends in the world: it was once seen as a strong democracy, now it is seen as a country that generates hatred across the globe because of its actions.

And the worst part, says Landsmann, is that fixing all this is no longer possible. It's like an impossible dream, a mirage. Why? Because the country's most important institutions—the judiciary, the media, and the parliament (the Knesset)—have been gutted. They no longer function as they should. They are unbalanced, controlled by one side, and have lost all equilibrium. There is no going back.

The author explains that it no longer matters if there are elections, if new parties are formed, or if the numbers in parliament change. All of that is a waste of time. The damage is too profound, and the point of no return has been passed. Netanyahu didn't just govern the country… he became the country itself. His end will be the end of the state. He killed it.

This isn't coming from an enemy of Israel. It's coming from a prominent voice within Israel itself. It's as if the country is openly admitting that the dream they've sold for decades—of being invincible, stable, and eternal—is crumbling from within.

Netanyahu will leave.

But the state he so vehemently defended will leave with him.

The article is a brutal and honest autopsy of what has happened in recent years. And it comes just as the world is watching. There's no hiding it anymore: the Zionist project is at its end...."

~ Frank Bette

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ARTICLE LINK: https://archive.ph/KsATR.